Social networking websites like Facebook could be forced to pass on details of users’ friends and contacts under British government proposals to fight terrorism. Millions of Britons use sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace to chat with friends, but ministers are concerned the rapidly evolving technology could be exploited by extremists. Critics have attacked the plans as more evidence of big... 

The popular online hangout Facebook is revamping its home page and plans other changes so its millions of users can more easily choose the types of information they see. Perhaps taking a cue from Twitter, the rising service for letting people express themselves in 140 characters or less and keep up with what celebrities have to say, Facebook said it will let users follow public figures like President... 

Everybody at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona wanted to be the new best friend of the social networks.  From the world’s biggest phone maker, Nokia, to tiny Irish semiconductor start-up Movidia, delegates to the wireless industry’s biggest annual gathering couldn’t stop talking about Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. The majority of visits to such online communities are still made...