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Man Sues Facebook for Disabling Account, Claims Religious 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. ...

Saudi Arabia Blocks Facebook on Moral Grounds, Promptly Unblocks It

On Saturday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia unexpectedly blocked access to Facebook, amid concerns that the social networking site had been posing a threat to the country's conservative moral code. When news of the ban first broke, it appeared that Saudi Arabia was following in the footsteps of Bangladesh and Pakistan, both of which had blocked Facebook earlier this year in the wake of the 'Everybody ...

U.K. Politician Arrested for Encouraging Stoning of Muslim Writer on Twitter

On Wednesday, British writer Yasmin Alibhai-Brown appeared on a morning television show to discuss human rights in China. For whatever reason, the liberal columnist's words raised the ire of a local politician named Gareth Compton, who promptly called for her death on Twitter. Now, he's been arrested. Shortly after the broadcast, Compton tweeted: "Can someone please stone Yasmin Alibhai-Brown ...

Dove World Outreach Center Website Pulled by Rackspace Over 'Hate Speech'

The official website of the Dove World Outreach Center unexpectedly shut down today, just two days before the Florida church's highly publicized Koran-burning event. Dan Goodgame, a spokesman for Web-hosting firm Rackspace, tells the AFP that the church's page was pulled because it "violated the Offensive Content section of [Rackspace's] Acceptable Use policy." Rackspace's policy expressly bans ...

Facebook's Arab Problem? Network Blocks 'Palestinian' and 'Arab' From Profiles

Last week, Facebook accidentally deleted Sarah Palin's rant at/plea to Muslims (depending on your side of the fence) to oppose the construction of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque. On Sunday, a group called The Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet tried to make a Facebook fan page for its supporters, but wasn't allowed because a glitch in the system blocked the world "Palestinian" from page titles. ...

Indonesia Moves to Restrict Online Porn After Steamy Pop Star Sex Video

What do you call a porn-free Internet? Here, we'd say "our worst nightmare," (bad-um), but for Indonesian web surfers, they might soon have to call it "reality." That's because the world's most populous country of Muslim majority is planning on invoking an anti-pornography law to restrict any online fun smut that might soil its citizens' computers. Gatot Dewa Broto, a spokesman for Indonesia's ...

Pakistan Blocks YouTube Following Facebook Freeze

Just yesterday we reported that a Pakistani court had ordered the government to block the country's access to Facebook in response to a contest to draw caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed ISPs to block the social networking site yesterday, but then followed immediately with a second order to block another mammoth Web community: YouTube. ...

Pakistan Blocks Facebook After Muhammad Caricature Contest

A Pakistani court has ordered the government to block access to Facebook due to a contest involving images of the Prophet Muhammad, and has also asked that the foreign ministry investigate the roots of the competition. The government has complied, telling ISPs in the country to block Facebook and any other site displaying caricatures of the prophet, but the sites have not received court orders as ...