Over a million "likes" later, the State of Texas became Facebook's most liked state July 19 after crossing the one million friends threshold.

The state's unofficial Facebook page, "I Bet Texas Can Get 1,000,000 Fans Before Any Other State," boasts a collection of photos and links surrounding the Lone Star State and its legendary history, from the Alamo to NASA.

To date, Texas has 1,019,220 fans.  Second place Minnesota, with only 406,324, now features a crying state of Minnesota on its landing page, urging Facebook users to still like the state.

Find your state on Facebook.

--Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM

While 500 million users like Facebook, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, among others, are now coming out to tell fans not to join social networks.

According to London's Daily Express, Cyrus has joined the likes of Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, and Drew Barrymore to advise Internet users not to join social networking sites, out of concern about privacy and sex predators lurking behind fictitious profiles.

For tips on Internet safety and more, check out WiredSafety.org's excellent resources and articles.

--Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM

As we first reported earlier this month, MySpace is considering the addition of pay walls for content as News Corp. transforms its once free news websites in the UK to require paid access.

MySpace Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller revealed the company will consider adding pay walls for content on its site at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, PC Mag reports.

While Miller conceded the move may cut unique users to MySpace, News Corp. points to notable progress in pay-for-use news and applications, including the Wall Street Journal's 9-figure success, and HuluPlus, Hulu.com's paid access platform.

MySpace reaches 65 to 70 million unique users per month.

--Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM

The Maryland State Legislature voted Tuesday to regulate political candidates' use of social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

According to the law, political candidates are required to include an authority tag on their social networking profiles, including the name of their campaign treasurer, The Baltimore Sun reports.

Representatives for Google, Facebook, Yahoo and AOL testified in favor of the law, applauding the state's forward thinking on the issue.

The new statutes will become effective in two weeks for Maryland's nearly 700 candidates on this year's General Election ballot.

--Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM