Facebook Postings Lead To Arrest for Heresy In the West Bank

forand writes "Using screen shots of a customer's Facebook profile, owners of a West Bank internet cafe helped Palestinian intelligence forces capture a man accused of heresy." According to sources quoted in the story, residents of both Gaza and the West Bank face ongoing scrutiny of their online activities; in Gaza, "Internet cafe owners are forced to monitor customers' online activity and alert intelligence officials if they see anything critical of the militant group or that violates Hamas' stern interpretation of Islam."

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Re:Barbarians...

[Anonymous Coward]

I agree, Mary. By the way, you doing anything for dinner tonight?

Sincerely,
God

Re:Barbarians...

[Ihmhi]

Wow, I'd never thought I'd see a celestial drunk dial of an ex-girlfriend.

Re:Not like cowardly Westerners

[cbiltcliffe]

Meh. I'm sure this is Israel's fault, somehow. After all, everybody knows that all the human rights abuses in Gaza are the result of military action by Israel. They must have put hamas up to it, and forced them to monitor this Internet cafe, and then forced them to arrest the guy.
They also forced his family to publicly say all those things about keeping him behind bars. :-/