Tag: DISCRIMINATION

A Staten Island man has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that the social network shut down his account without explanation. The plaintiff, Mustafa Fteja, reportedly discovered that his account had been disabled back in September after he was repeatedly unable to log in. The 30-year old says that he contacted Facebook for an explanation, but only received automated responses. ...

Does Citbank hate the gays? That's what some headlines regarding the Fabulis fiasco may lead you to believe, but the story is rather convoluted. Jason Goldberg, CEO of Web startup Fabulis, had his site's new account blocked by Citibank earlier this week and questions about the bank's rationale are looming. Fabulis is a social networking site for gay men, onto which users upload videos ...

Another day, another warning about the dangers of public Facebooking. We've seen how college applicants are getting shafted, as have seen other cases where employers are snooping at employees' profiles. Now we have a case of a teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina who stands to lose her job thanks to comments and pictures posted on her Facebook profile. The teacher, who remains unnamed, listed ...