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Monday, November 14, 2011

Oh, You Kids! Salman Rushdie's Horrible Day Today on Facebook

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:19 PM

First they erroneously deleted his account thinking it was a fraud, then they said they'd reinstate it if he sent his passport, then Facebook reinstated his account with the first name that appears on his passport, which is Ahmed. Ahmed Rushdie. Nice work, Facebook!

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This is my favorite headline of the whole day. Maybe week.

Posted by Estey on November 14, 2011 at 5:34 PM

No sympathy for anyone who uses Facebook and has any issues with it.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on November 14, 2011 at 5:45 PM

In the future, only two kinds of people will have any power in this world: high-school dropouts working for TSA, and emotionally-crippled tech drones at Facebook. No one in either group will have ever read a book.

Posted by Fnarf

on November 14, 2011 at 5:48 PM

@Fnarf, Sums up why I avoid flying at all costs and don't have a Facebook page.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on November 14, 2011 at 5:59 PM

A man who endured probably the most high profile fatwā is the last 20 years sent a picture of his passport to some dudes he knows from Facebook?

Posted by Dougsf on November 14, 2011 at 6:02 PM

@me - "in", not "is."

Posted by Dougsf on November 14, 2011 at 6:04 PM

Such is old news:

The very article that you linked us to (now) makes it very clear that Facebook had apologized and re-instated his account under the right name within hours. I know we all love hating on Facebook, but a mistake is a mistake; and fixing one quickly and courteously shouldn't earn you scorn.

Posted by algorhythm99 on November 14, 2011 at 10:26 PM