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Is Your Last Name ‘Arab’? Hope You Don’t Want a Facebook Account!
Thursday, July 29, 2010 18:08
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Facebook appears to have solved the bug that led to the word 'Palestinian' being banned from page titles. But that's not their only problem: Now people with the surname "Arab" are being prevented from opening accounts.
Over the weekend, Rex Brynen of the Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet tried to create a Facebook page for his group. Only, he was prevented from doing so by a rogue moderating process that was blocking the word "Palestinian" from page titles. Facebook fixed the process and, to their credit, apologized to Professor Brynen:
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