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Now, Bangladesh temporarily blocks Facebook
Bangladesh on Saturday temporarily blocked the social network Facebook amid demands by a radical organisation to ban the website for hurting sentiments of Muslims.No official comment was immediately available for the closure of the popular network. However, an official source on condition of anonymity said that the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regu...
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Facebook page that led to Pak ban removed
A Facebook page that was considered offensive to Islam and led to a Pakistani ban on the site has been removed, possibly by its creator.Facebook said on Friday that it has not taken any action on the page, which had attracted more than 100,000 users and encouraged users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, purportedly in support of freedom o...
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Pak court orders temporary blocking of Facebook
A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered authorities to temporarily block social networking website Facebook following a controversy over a competition on blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad on the site.Justice Ijaz Choudhry of the Lahore High Court issued the order in response to a petition filed by the Islamic Lawyers Movement seeking a ban...
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Now, Bangladesh temporarily blocks Facebook
Bangladesh on Saturday temporarily blocked the social network Facebook amid demands by a radical organisation to ban the website for hurting sentiments of Muslims.No official comment was immediately available for the closure of the popular network. However, an official source on condition of anonymity said that the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regu...
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Facebook page that led to Pak ban removed
A Facebook page that was considered offensive to Islam and led to a Pakistani ban on the site has been removed, possibly by its creator.Facebook said on Friday that it has not taken any action on the page, which had attracted more than 100,000 users and encouraged users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, purportedly in support of freedom o...
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Pak court orders temporary blocking of Facebook
A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered authorities to temporarily block social networking website Facebook following a controversy over a competition on blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad on the site.Justice Ijaz Choudhry of the Lahore High Court issued the order in response to a petition filed by the Islamic Lawyers Movement seeking a ban...
