Some anti-Obama Facebook users have had their wishes granted on Facebook: A viral status update reposting states that the President doesn’t deserve credit for the death of Osama Bin Laden.
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It’s a massive coup for Facebook: getting the President of the United States of America comes to headquarters to host a town hall meeting.
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The Obama administration for the first time explicitly called on Congress to approve a “consumer privacy bill of rights” that would regulate the collection of personal data on the Internet.
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Facebook is expanding options for reporting abuse and bullying on the site.
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Barack and Michelle Obama are addressing the topic of bullying, both cyber and otherwise, in a summit that will livestream on Facebook tomorrow at 12:20 pm Eastern Standard Time.
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Some 1,071 media outlets have stories about First Lady Michelle Obama saying she didn’t want her kids to have Facebook accounts — either without mentioning or burying the fact that the site says, “You will not use Facebook if you are under 13″ in the official statement of rights and responsibilities.
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One of the key value propositions of Facebook Connect is the ability to avoid having to remember numerous passwords to log on to different sites. However, the Obama administration appears to be interested in accomplishing the same thing.

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You’d think Facebook would be more proactive in monitoring their groups, however a new group which is calling for Obama’s death has surpassed 1 million users. Another group which calls on Facebook to delete the group, is also rapidly approaching 1 million users. While Facebook supports freedom of speech, calling on the death of an individual (let alone the President) definitely crosses the line. The group also happens to be filled with racist and generally hateful comment.
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Last week Katie Couric decided to ask Facebook users about their thoughts on Obama’s first 100 days in office. The reward for users? The possibility of having their video clip used in a live webcast on Wednesday. There has been a decent response so far, with around 20 – 25 submissions in the past day. I took the time to watch some of the responses, many of which are pretty entertaining (I’ve included a video of the responses below).

This isn’t the first time that internet users have been asked to voice their political opinions. Back in 2007, the first YouTube debates were held and in 2008 the first ever Facebook Debates took place. Both events were a step toward real-time interaction with the audience although there is still a filtering process to ensure offensive content doesn’t get on air.
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