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Facebook already has a Muslim registry—and it should be deleted

Posted on December 23, 2016 by pogowasright.org

Peter Bright writes that because Facebook collects information on religion (although it is optional for users to provide that information), it already constitutes a de facto partial Muslim registry – and they should delete it. Bright writes, in part:

As such, government coercion of Facebook—or even a hack of the company—represents a particular threat to civil liberties. Accordingly, Facebook should take a simple and straightforward protective step: delete that information. Remove the field from our profiles, and discard the historic saved data.

Read more on Ars Technica.

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1 thought on “Facebook already has a Muslim registry—and it should be deleted”

  1. Indee One says:
    December 24, 2016 at 10:47 am

    disgusting………………..

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