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Facebook Researchers Say It’s 4.74 Degrees of Separation, Not Six

Facebook teamed up with the Università degli Studi di Milano to revisit Stanley Milgram’s 1967 experiment concerning the number of social connections separating any two people. The results from the new investigation point to there being a separation of 4.74 degrees between individuals instead of six. The Italian and American team’s conclusions were published Monday

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Salman Rushdie Overturns Facebook’s Decision to Call Him “Ahmed Rushdie”

Like many people, Salman Rushdie goes by his middle name, even on Facebook, which prefers, apparently, that folks go by their first. This Monday saw the two sides come to a head-to-head battle in public. After unceremoniously deactivating Salman Rushdie’s account until he complied with a passport copy request to verify his identity, Facebook reinstated

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Salman Rushdie Overturns Facebook’s Decision to Call Him “Ahmed Rushdie”