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Pirate Party Banned From Social Networking Site
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that as the European Parliament elections loom, StudiVZ, Germany's largest social networking site, has opened up to political parties for election campaigning. That is, if you aren't the Pirate Party. "The other political parties were allowed to have a special account to show they are an organization and not an individual. The Pirate Party, however, was not allowed to have one and instead operated on a standard user account registered by an individual. StudiVZ noticed that the Pirate Party account was not a "real person" and despite it having a thriving network with hundreds of followers, it was summarily deleted. This means that it is impossible for the Pirate Party to have a presence at all on the largest social networking site in Germany."
Update: 05/02 19:17 GMT by T : Reader riot notes: "FYI: I just translated the press release to English."
I'm sure they didn't let any other fake parties in.
Are you adequate?
That was Germany. They have banned the Scientologists too, which is good btw.
I am not sure it will pass in Sweden, which have a more liberal view on what may be a political party.
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based on the ideology of theft, you shouldn't be surprised if you are excluded from polite society, online or off.
The situation is really bad! Only yesterday 2826 people DIED in Brazil alone! Of all of them, 141 DIED from infectious or parasitic viruses... Do YOU know why your neighbor is coughing? DO YOU???
Who is this Karma guy and why is he bad ??
Dear Pirate Party,
Stop illegally downloading David Hasselhoff's music and you might be taken you seriously.
Sincerely,
Everyone
No - they are a bunch of thieves.