MySpace: Now with religious discrimination!
January 30, 2008 – 12:28 pmhttp://www.secularstudents.org/node/1933
MySpace deletes a 35,000-strong user group of atheists and agnostics, “due largely to complaints from people who find atheism offensive…”
This is the second time, that I know of, that MySpace has deleted a large atheism and/or agnosticism group and refused to restore it, while providing extra protection to christian user groups. To quote the article:
“It is an outrage if Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and the world’s largest social networking site tolerate discrimination against atheists and agnostics– and if this situation goes unresolved I’ll have little choice but to believe they do,” said Greg Epstein, humanist chaplain of Harvard University. News Corporation, Murdoch’s global media corporation which also includes Fox News, purchased MySpace in 2005.
An outrage may be overreacting, in my opinion, but I certainly think that users should be aware that they aren’t free to use MySpace as a medium for discussion of their religion of choice. Rupert Murdoch strikes again.
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