Posts Tagged ‘Religion’

Last week the media was abuzz with news of Pakistan blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media sites. The social sites were banned due to sacrilegious content that was offensive to Muslims. However, it was announced today that YouTube will be restored in Pakistan, though certain offensive videos will be blocked.

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Yesterday AllFacebook reported that Pakistan has banned the use of Facebook due to an offensive group called “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” Today, the Pakistani government has continued its attack on social media sites, banning YouTube as well due to “growing sacrilegious content” on the site.

A discussion within the SocialTimes team stemming from recent news that Buddhist religious leader-in-exile, the Dalai Lama, was tweeting on Twitter led to the question of whether the microblogging service could be use to deliver religious services, and whether anyone was doing so. In this post we explore how Twitter can be used as a [...]