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Yahoo! Bans "Allah" in Screen Names

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-things-go-to-far dept.

szembek writes "According to The Register it seems that Yahoo! is banning the use of the string "Allah" in all screen names. The issue apparently became apparent when Linda Callahan attempted to use her surname in her screen name. The following link has an interesting list of terms that Yahoo does allow, and ones they don't."

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  1. It's a good thing... by AllPowerToAllah · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...slashdot hasn't!

    1. Re:It's a good thing... by AGMW · · Score: 5, Funny
      A few years back there were a lot of unhappy people in Scunthorpe as their town was always excluded for some reason?

      --
      Eclectic beats from Leeds, UK
      handmadehands.co.uk
    2. Re:It's a good thing... by plover · · Score: 5, Funny
      Yeah, the same three English teams always seem to get caught in the filtering software:
      • Arsenal
      • Scunthorpe
      • Manchester-fucking-United
      --
      John
  2. My new handle should be "skeet skeet skeet" by lowrydr310 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "What's so dope about skeet? White people don't know what it means yet... When they figure it out, they're going to be like, 'My God, what have we done?!'"

  3. Re:Global demonstrations against Yahoo! by BiggerBoat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently they thought it was "København Fried Chicken."