Facebook lays claim to more than 900 million members across the globe and may have a massive initial public offering in the coming days, but a new poll says users have trust issues with the social networking site.

More than half of those surveyed, 59 percent, said they had little to no trust that Facebook would keep their information private, according to an AP-CNBC poll. The study also found that 54 percent of the survey's 1,004 respondents would not “feel safe at all” purchasing goods and services through the world's largest social network.

After Facebook's IPO, the only way the company can boost revenues is by sharing more and more of your data. So enjoy what little privacy you have left before it's gone.
Well, it’s now official: Facebook is planning to offer shares to the public starting this Friday at $34 to $38 a pop. Get yours while they’re hot.

Facebook is testing a system that lets user pay to make their status updates more visible. What's the idea? And where is this going to lead?

Regardless of whether your account was compromised, now may be a good time to change your password

If you're on the social networking site Twitter, now may be a very good time to log in and change your password. It was announced yesterday that tens of thousands of Twitter usernames and passwords were leaked and posted publicly on the internet.

Now that you've been convinced to join every major social networking site out there, update your Facebook statuses continuously and tweet every meal you consume, I need to warn you about a major issue facing users of social media: It can be addicting.

Problems with Facebook are on the rise, up 30 percent in the last year, according to a Consumer Reports National Research Center survey.

In the U.S. alone, nearly half of the people have a Facebook page and each day, a tremendous amount of personal information is added to the site. Social networks are becoming a part of everything we do, but Consumer Reports cautions some of that information you put out there can be used against you and in ways you might not even imagine.

Texting and social networking are preventing children from learning correct English and are linked to 'rough behaviour', bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has claimed.