Syria Bans Facebook over Golan Heights

[Ha'aretz] Jack Khoury - Syria will launch a campaign demanding a boycott of Facebook because the site permits Israelis living on the Golan Heights to list "Israel" as their country of residence, according to Tuesday's Al Quds al Arabi. Syrian authorities also restricted access to Facebook due to concerns that Israeli Web users would try to initiate contact with Syrians. Authorities in Damascus have also banned access to YouTube.


2009-09-17 08:00:00

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