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    Do you remember the story about the Facebook backlash that forced a church in Germany to relax its rules on a child's gravestone? I thought that was an interesting study in how social media has become such a massive force capable of pressuring organizations into righting perceived wrongs, and as it turns out, something similar has happened this week with CBS and The Amazing Race.

    The Emmy-winning reality series was under fire for last week's episode, which featured a B-52 memorial in Hanoi, Vietnam that depicts a downed American plane from the Vietnam War. The show didn't bother to focus on the history of the memorial, but simply used it as a prop for the contestants, which drew fury from viewers and veterans' rights groups.

    CBS has since apologized in a statement read at the start of Sunday's episode by show host Phil Keoghan -- but my hunch is that social media definitely forced the studio's hand.

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    Two players from Steubenville High School's legendary football team in Ohio were found guilty Sunday of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl while she was extremely drunk. And you know what? The evidence at the volatile and highly contentious rape trial for teen defendants Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond says that verdict is exactly what the pair deserved.

    The girl, who hasn't been named, testified that she didn't remember the attack but awoke naked in an unfamiliar house. Multiple witnesses said they saw her so drunk she was throwing up repeatedly and barely able to stand or walk.

    Video and photos of the night of the assault were leaked online, including some of 17-year-old Mays and 16-year-old Ma'lik carrying the victim. Obscene text messages, some written by Mays, also detailed what happened. The boys could be confined to a juvenile detention center until they turn 21.

    Their lawyers even had the audacity to argue that since the victim didn't say no, the sex was consensual.

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    There are some things you should never, ever do at the office: Clip your toenails, yell at your coworkers, and watch pornography. But maybe one day you have a toenail emergency and you're super discreet about it. Or maybe you just have a terrible, no good day and lose it (hopefully you apologize afterwards!). I guess those are forgivable. But viewing adult movies on the job? Oh no. Nonononono.

    Let's use this unfortunate man as an example. There he was, minding his own business, viewing Internet porn in his own lonely little cubicle. Little did he know a whole office of people were watching him from the window of another building. One of those people took a snapshot of the porn watcher. And he tweeted it. And now it's All. Over. The Internet.

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    We’ve heard plenty about the booty calls and vow-damning affairs, and read details on the sordid murder-for-hire plots that unfold on social media. But of all the wretched misuses of it, this one has got to be a frontrunner. A 22-year-old Oklahoma mom has been arrested for allegedly contacting a woman in Arkansas and trying to sell her two children to her on Facebook. Geez. Misty Van Horn, who has a 2-year-old and a 10-month-old, reportedly set the going price for the toddler at $1,000 or both of them for $4,000. (I guess infants are pulling more in the Facebook baby black market.) That’s bad enough. But she’s accused of soliciting the illegal sale of her two children to raise the money to bail her boyfriend out of jail. That’s even worse.

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    Oh Pinterest! I'm addicted to you and all your pretty pictures. Your recipes, your crafts, your hot Ryan Gosling photos. 

    But lately, you've been really annoying me and I'm falling out of love at a rapid pace.

    And yes, I realize that it's not really your fault but rather all the Pinterest users who feel the need to pin ridiculous crap.

    So if you're on Pinterest like me, listen up, and stop ticking off your followers.

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    Like many of you, I was EVER so excited about watching the Downton Abbey season finale. And I was just as excited about talking about that finale with my friends. But no sooner did I put out the call on Facebook ("OMG, Downton finale -- who's watching???") than I got that classic downer of a response:

    "No spoilers on Downton, please! I can't watch until Monday night."

    Ugh. Facebook spoiler censors. They totally ruin our fun. WHAT. THE HELL. ARE YOU DOING ON FACEBOOK?!? Seriously, why, in the name of the television gods, are you checking in on social media on a night when there's a major television event -- and expecting to be protected from spoilers?

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    One man is truly discovering that honesty pays. It all started when a woman accidentally dropped her diamond and platinum engagement ring into the change cup of a homeless man. After realizing it was gone, and figuring out where it most likely was, the woman, Sarah Darling, went back to the homeless man and asked if he'd seen her ring -- fully expecting he would no longer have it. But the man smiled and immediately returned it, saying he was waiting for her to come back. Said the man, Billy Ray Harris:

    My grandfather was a reverend. He raised me from the time I was 6 months old, and thank the good lord. It’s a blessing, but I do still have some character.

    And now it looks like Billy Ray will have some serious cash.

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    Zombies are shambling their way through pop culture right now -- what with Rick and the gang on The Walking Dead, zombie races that will really get you moving to the finish line, hackers pulling a prank on daytime TV watchers, and countless other zombie-happenings.

    With all of this zombie talk, the zombie apocalypse has to be near, right? This week in Canadian Parliament, some humorous politicians (not an oxymoron, apparently) had some fun bringing up concern for Canadians’ safety in the event of a zombie apocalypse.

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    We've all seen examples of oversharing online, but it's especially disturbing when the culprit is a mom and she's dishing major TMI about her divorce, her ex, or her ex's new flame.

    As it turns out, you and your friends might not be the only ones reading those status updates. Divorce attorneys report that Facebook, Twitter, and blogs are one of the first places they turn to find incriminating information about their client's exes.

    Is it possible to share online about divorce without going too far? We investigate in a special Moms Matter video report after the jump.

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    About a year ago I wrote a mother-in-law-nup (MIL-nup), so that one could comfortably hand their sweet boy over to some son-stealing Jezebel. Clearly, I'm still bitter, but it made me realize that there should be "nups" for lots of things.

    Like email and social networking. I'm not talking about the spammers who seem quite certain I have a small penis, I'm lonely, I could use Prozac and Cialis, and I should get said drugs from Canada.

    No, I can forgive the Internets, but what I cannot forgive is the annoying emails and Facebook requests from my supposed friends and family. You guys are on shaky ground, which is why I've written this "e-nup," and I say everyone signs!

    I hereby decree that:

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