Tag: Facebook
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Hilary Clinton’s Two Million Twitter Followers And Tens Of Thousands Of Facebook Fans Found To Be Fake
Until now we knew Hilary Clinton as a woman who gets drunk, indulges in bad-mouthing, has no control over her emotions, can’t even run her house, and breaks federal law. But now we also know that she is a liar. Hilary Clinton’s state department buying Facebook ‘likes’ is nothing new, and now according to two…
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Cricket returns to Olympics. Howzat?
More than hundred years ago a cricket tournament debuted at the 1900 Paris Olympics. The only match of the tournament was played between teams representing Great Britain and France, and was won by 158 runs by Great Britain. The scheduled competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics was cancelled at short notice due to lack of…
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Misuse of Girls’ Pictures On Social Networking Websites
Girls are uploading their pictures on social networking websites like Facebook, Orkut, etc, to be accessed by everyone. What is happening is that many people are taking those pictures and misusing them by creating fake profiles to defame the girls. On some, inappropriate messages about the girl are written. On others, the picture is altered…
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Florida church plans ‘Burn a Quran’ Day on 9/11
On the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in vengeance or protest of what it calls a religion “of the devil,” The Dove World Outreach Center; a church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an “International Burn a Quran Day”(Nauzubillah). This anti-Muslim activism among some conservative and religious groups in US has apparently sparked after…
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Facebook Blocks Blasphemous Page in Pakistan
Facebook has blocked the blasphemous page to Pakistani users in what they call “respect for local standards and customs.” If that is the case, why don’t they simply block all content that is unacceptable on Facebook to whichever country it concerns. Why delete other hate content right away but allow such blasphemy to stay. They…
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May 31 should be held as Quit Facebook Day
Pakistanis comprise of only 2.5 million of the nearly 400 million Facebook users in the world. However, the total number of users who are Muslims amounts to over 40%. This means that Muslims deleting their accounts will have an impact. However, before people delete their accounts, it must be kept in mind that it must…
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Why there should be no ban on Facebook in Pakistan!
The Facebook event ‘Draw Muhammad Day’ indeed came as an offensive shock not only to Muslims around the world; but to all those who believe in tolerance and respect of others’ beliefs. Islamic tradition disallows the representation of the Prophet Muhammad in any state, but a special event to draw caricatures of a revered and…