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Facebook Exposes Advertisers To Hate Speech

NewsCloud writes "Does Facebook believe that no publicity is bad publicity? Why else would they leave a group called, "F**k Islam" open since July 21, 2007 despite more than 53,482 members joining an opposing group called petition: if "f**k Islam" is not shut down..we r quitting facebook group? Furthermore, advertisers such as Sprint, Verizon, T Mobile, Target, and Qwest wouldn't be too happy to learn that they are paying for ads on the 'F**k Islam' group pages. Shouldn't a startup like Facebook, reportedly worth more than a billion dollars and with over a hundred employees, be expected to enforce its own Terms of Use in less than six weeks?"

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  1. Nice... by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone else think that starting a petition threatening to leave the site on which the petition is hosted...? Oh, nevermind.

    1. Re:Nice... by silverkniveshotmail. · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's gone now, Allowing your users to say what they want is overrated anyway.

    2. Re:Nice... by The+Clockwork+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

      The group is misunderstood.

      It's a Muslim porn exchange.

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    3. Re:Nice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      40 Virgins Gone Wild IV: Taste of Paradise

    4. Re:Nice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hot ankle-exposing action!

  2. Re:What about digg? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck Digg.

  3. RE: by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    petition: if "f**k Islam" is not shut down..we r quitting facebook I do what I want with Facebook. Who cares if you quit? There are millions more signing on every day and thousands of new people joining. Who would miss a few hundred people (after most don't actually follow-through)?

    If this is a threat you have to do better than that! It's no skin off my back if you quit for being a whiner.

    Sincerely Yours,
    Mark Zuckerberg
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  4. Re:Update by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they misunderstand. Fuck Old People is a dating service group.

  5. Re:right on by bcdm · · Score: 5, Funny

    FUCK FAT People. They are just UGLY.

    You are a very brave person to post that sentiment on /.

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  6. Re:heh by grcumb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder whether there's be any kind of publicity if the group was called "fuck communism"...

    I'm holding out for the 'Fuck Virginity' group....

    ... ducks and runs...

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  7. Re:Update by garcia · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they misunderstand. Fuck Old People is a dating service group.

    With Bob Dole as their spokesperson and a great catchy line like, "I chose the little blue pill and plugged myself right into her Matrix."

  8. Fork Islam? by AJWM · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the big deal? That happened centuries ago, hence Sunni and Shia Islam.

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  9. Since we are on the subject... by glwtta · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, fuck whom? Fuck web designers that think that a) screwing with your cursor is acceptable, and b) a cross-hair is a good cursor for links.

    (also fuck people with pointless blogs, but that's kind of a standing sentiment)

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  10. Re:What about digg? by saskboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Slashdot doesn't bring back the hot grits and Natalie Portman, then I propose we quit.

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  11. Re:hmm... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, it's remarkable on slashdot how you can talk about [DELETED BY CMDR TACO]. I'm very much a free speech advocated but it seems to me that somethings go way beyond the line, and I don't think if I were CmdrTaco I'd let people post about my private life on forum my wife may read, or even the animal rights people who just can't accept that [DELETED BY CMDR TACO]. He paid for the bunnies, what he does to them in private should be his business alone.

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  12. Thank God by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, I hate it when people use free speech to say something I disagree with!

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