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A U. S. District Court judge in Massachusettsdenied Facebook's demand that Harvard alumni magazine 02138 remove documents from its website. The collection includes court testimony from the ConnectU case, Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard application, and entries from his online journal. Before editors reversed course and redacted sensitive information, the documents also contained Zuckerberg's social security number, his girlfriend's name, and his parents' home address. They still include testimony which highlights Zuckerberg's affinity for the word "like" and former Facebook executive Sean Parker's trouble with cocaine.

The judge apparently sided with 02138 because its article, written by Luke O'Brien demonstrated "core journalism." Attaboy, Luke. O'Brien obtained the documents by simply asking a court clerk for the case file. Some of the papers were meant to be protected by court order, but in the file, they weren't sealed.

Imagine that: Privacy controls failing, leading to the unintended sharing of personal information. We couldn't imagine it happening to a nicer guy.