I come from a large family, which means that April Fools' Day was basically the Olympics for pulling "harmless" pranks and practical jokes. No one made it out unscathed. So it should come as no ...

Pranking someone on Facebook is easy. All it takes is for a careless friend to leave his or her computer unattended and logged on. That’s bush-league. A good Facebook prank, like a good bank heist, ...

I logged onto Facebook one day and saw that my mild-mannered Swedish cousin “Susan," an accomplished architect who has worked on projects all over the world, had a status update that I can’t repeat ...

Brian Swichkow was responsible for one of the most viral Facebook pranks of all time—slowly driving his roommate insane with disturbingly accurate personalized Facebook ads. The prank was funny, but ...

Dylan Zéroosiix's little brother is apparently un petit jerk on Faceboook — so much so that on the French version of the social networking site, his IM insults are listed as one of the reasons ...

A few days ago, I wrote about how much I hate April Fool’s Day, but NPR played a prank I can totally get behind. They posted the above headline to their Facebook page, a story about “Why Doesn’t ...

Anyone who isn’t a Snapchat user might be feeling a little left out, but never fear, because there are plenty of pictures of the April 1 prank to fill in the gaps. The thrust of the joke is pretty ...

The founder of online fashion success story Showpo, Jane Lu, has pulled off a pretty cool prank, and for an even better cause. The Australian entrepreneur released a Facebook Live on Oct. 26 that ...

Most tech savvy individuals are well aware of the vast amounts of data that social networking companies collect on us. Some take steps to avoid this data collection, others consider it a trade-off for ...

Jackson County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cindy O’Barr was monitoring the sheriff’s Facebook page on Tuesday when she received a private message pleading for help. The messenger was from Tennessee and she was ...