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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Facebook has an F-word problem

Warning: do not read this post if you are offended by the use of a four-letter word beginning with F (hint: it's not "fake").

There's currently a minor storm on Facebook because of a group or groups called Fuck Islam -- there are several with the same name, but this one currently has 769 members. According to The New York Times:

In the month or so since the group was created, the reaction has been building across Facebook. As of the weekend, more than 58,000 Facebook members had joined a group that said that unless the anti-Islam group was removed, "we r quitting Facebook."


Oddly enough, there doesn't seem to be a similar furore about groups such as Fuck Christianity, Fuck Jews, Fuck Israel, and many more.

It's something of a surprise that Facebook allows users to create groups with the F-word in the title, but it could start cleaning the stables by deleting all of them.

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