A reader of The Register (
link) Ed Callahan discovered that
Yahoo! does not accept any identities which include the words “allah”, after failing to get Verizon (partnership with Yahoo!) to accept her surname (”C
allahan”).
Words like “binladen” and “osama” are banned as well. However, “god”, “jesus”, “buddah”, and “mohammad” are allowed. More banned and allowed words are available in a blog entry entitled “
Is Yahoo! banning Allah?“.
Update: Yahoo! unbans “Allah”
Two days after the “Allah” banning issue reported, Yahoo! lifted the ban from the word “allah” in Yahoo! IDs.
Yahoo! said in a statement: “We continuously evaluate abuse patterns in registration usernames to help prevent spam, fraud and other inappropriate behavior. A small number of people registered for IDs using specific terms with the sole purpose of promoting hate, and then used those IDs to post content that was harmful or threatening to others, thus violating Yahoo!’s Terms of Service.
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Liew Cheon Fong is the author of LiewCF.com, he's a Malaysian. He was born on 19 August 1980 in Kajang, Selangor but grew up in Kluang, Johor.
Liew graduated from Tunku Abdul Rahman College, with a Bachelor’s degree in Information System Engineering. Liew worked as a programmer and also developed e-learning websites for an IT company. He also worked as webmaster for a local cosmetic company.
Currently, Liew is a full time blogger, one of the very first few Malaysians who blog for living. Beside blogging, Liew is also a web development freelancer.
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