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Iran Court Summons Mark Zuckerberg For Facebook Privacy Violations

Posted by timothy on from the beacon-of-tolerance-and-privacy dept.

wiredmikey (1824622) writes "An Iranian judge has summoned Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer allegations that his company's apps have breached people's privacy, it was reported Tuesday. The court in Fars province ordered that Zuckerberg address unspecified 'violation of privacy' claims made by Iranians over the reach of Facebook-owned apps, ISNA news agency reported. 'Based on the judge's verdict, the Zionist manager of Facebook... should report to the prosecutor's office to defend himself and make compensation for damages,' Rouhollah Momen-Nasab, a senior Iranian Internet security official, told ISNA. Access to social networks, including Twitter and Facebook, are routinely blocked by Iranian authorities, as are other websites considered un-Islamic or detrimental to the regime."

9 of 304 comments (clear)

  1. Yea, I'm sure he gives a rat's ass. by drunkennewfiemidget · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somewhere, Mark Zuckerberg is *still* laughing.

  2. Re:Good luck on that... he won't appear by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Regardless of ... well, pretty much anything, I wouldn't go anywhere near Iran.

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  3. South park episode? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, sounds like an emmy award winning south park episode

  4. Re:Nothing short of a Fatwa... by Jason+Levine · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry, but Facebook just reorganized how they display postings and the Fatwa didn't appear. Maybe they would like to advertise with Facebook to ensure that their Fatwa status updates appear at the top of everyone's feeds?

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  5. Can we send Justin Beiber as his ambassador? by Supp0rtLinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we send the Beeb's in Zuck's place I think we could make everyone happy. Iran gets a white boy they can prosecute or just hold without cause for a really long time and the US no longer has to put up with his illegal actions or that noise he purports to call music. Considering there's a petition before the White House to have him deported back to the Canada anyway, I vote we offer this as an alternative.

    1. Re:Can we send Justin Beiber as his ambassador? by c · · Score: 4, Funny

      Considering there's a petition before the White House to have him deported back to the Canada anyway, I vote we offer this as an alternative.

      As a Canadian, I second this proposal.

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    2. Re:Can we send Justin Beiber as his ambassador? by rwv · · Score: 3, Funny

      Rob Ford is a good source material for jokes. He should get some form of immunity.

    3. Re:Can we send Justin Beiber as his ambassador? by Anubis+IV · · Score: 3, Funny

      The White House already responded to the petition and refused to comment on his specific situation, despite the fact that over 270K people signed the petition, making it one of the most (if not the most) supported petition yet on the site.

  6. Knock knock by presidenteloco · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who's there?

    > Iran

    Iran who?

    > Iran away.

    > Knock knock

    Who's there?

    >Iran

    Iran who?

    >Iran for office but as soon as I got there they locked the door and threw away the key.

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