Facebook (or Facbook, as you may spell it), the popular social network most of us are addicted to, is juggling with a lot of troubles these days. And it’s not one but many issues that are bugging Facebook(Facbook) time and again. The latest issues with Facebook(Facbook) include ‘heavy phishing scam’, ‘countrywide site blockage’ and ‘trademark disputes’. Good news is ‘More money’ for Facebook(Facbook). Let’ take a look at all of them one by one.

Heavy Phishing Attacks on Facebook(Facbook)

Over the last one week, the Anti-spamming team at Facebook(Facbook) was fighting a potential spam attack which was quite visible all across Facebook(Facbook). Plenty of shortened links(using tinyurl,bit.ly etc) were floating all around, duping thousands of folks out there. Although this particular spam attack was quite a headache for Facebook(Facbook) to handle but the situation seems to be getting in control now. 

Countrywide Facebook(Facbook) blockage

There were a lot of rumors about Facebook’s(Facbook’s) ban in Iran for hardly any reason. The rumors were somewhat true and the reason for the ban of Facebook(Facbook)  by Iranian government is to prevent an opposition leader from gathering his supporters and running promotional campaigns using Facebook(Facbook).

Now if a country’s government can ban a popular social network such as Facebook(Facbook) for stopping the opposition from promoting their campaigns on the web,’Twitter‘ might be their next target, i suppose. Anyways, the ban on Facebook(Facbook) is quite temporary and will soon be lifted.

Facebook(Facbook) Trademark Disputes

I think, this has become quite a trend now. Any garage startup that hits the Bull’s eye has to juggle with a trademark dispute when it’s just about to turn into a mainstream business. It recently happened with Android and now it was Facebook’s(Facbook’s) turn.

There was a long pending trademark dispute with Facebook(Facbook) since late 2007 with Aaron Greenspan, the dispute which used to gain some attention from time to time but was never taken that seriously by the media and Facebook(Facbook) itself. In late 2008, the dispute went rigorously legal and now the news is that Aaron Greenspan has gone for a settlement with Facebook(Facbook). And no surprises with such an end of the case. Probably, this is how most of such genuine trademark disputes end.

More Funding For Facebook(Facbook)

With bad news comes the good news  for Facebook(Facbook) as well. Facebook(Facbook) has just announced that it has accepted an investment of $200 Million from Digital Sky Technologies in exchange for a 1.96 percent equity stake, valuing Facebook(Facbook) at over $10 Billion. Now, the total investment in Facebook(Facbook) has collectively crossed $715 Million. That’s huge, isn’t it !

General Information : Facebook (Facbook)

Facebook(Facbook) is a social networking website that enables users to connect with their family and friends online and join niche networks of their interest. It also lets users to engage with various applications developed on Facebook platform.

Imp : You might have observed that this article mentions ‘Facbook’ with ‘Facebook’. If you think, we have commited a ‘Typo Blunder’ then you need a disprin. Hope, you would get it.