EDGE on the Net

The social network site reveals a lot more about you than you know - or might want others to know - about you.

Facebook officials apologized to the creator of a leading marriage equality page after he was banned for posting a photo that deemed "offensive."

Social media has ushered in new ways to communicate with at-risk groups and prevent the transmission of HIV.

The Wall Street Journal reports that two students from a Texas university were outed due to a loophole in Facebook’s privacy settings, which greatly upset the young adult’s fathers.

Facebook’s new two-grooms/two-brides cake topper icons may seem unimportant. But in a world dominated by social media, the presence of loving same-sex couples is another step in acceptance of marriage equality.

A former employee of the Library of Congress claims he was fired because his boss found out he was gay after ’liking’ a Facebook page that supports same-sex parents.

Chris Hughes, 28, is a gay entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook and recently purchased the nearly century-old magazine The New Republic.

Janice Daniels, mayor of Troy, Mich., is fired from her Century 21 job after making a homophobic remark on Facebook six months ago.

The Matthew Shepard Foundation is among only 25 U.S. charities chosen to compete for grants ranging from $125,000 to $1 million through the American Giving Awards, presented by Chase.

A paramedic with the Nashville Fire Department posted anti-gay messages online at Facebook as well as on the fire department’s own web page, prompting a two-month suspension.