June 29, 2010: 6:56 PM ET
Facebook: 'Boycott BP' page disabled in error
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- FACEBOOK is embroiled in another controversy after the popular social networking site on Monday temporarily disabled a page that calls for a boycott of oil giant BP. FACEBOOK officials said Tuesday the site was removed in ERROR through a technological GLITCH and has been RESTORED.
The Boycott BP page aims to organize a worldwide boycott of BP (BP) stations and all its brands in response to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of MEXICO. It urges visitors to "Boycott BP stations until the spill is cleaned up." In addition to the station boycott, it advocates boycotting Castrol, Arco, Aral, Amoco, am/pm and even the Wild Bean Cafe.
The group said it has more than 700,000 members. The site went down Monday, with visitors redirected to Facebook's HOME page. Facebook spokeswoman Annika HEINLE said there was nothing sinister behind the move, and an automated system mistakenly flagged the page for removal.
"The administrative profile of the BP Boycott page was disabled by our automated systems, therefore removing all the content that had been created by the profile," a FACEBOOK statement said. "After a manual review, we determined the profile was removed in error, and it now has been restored along with the page."
The missing page prompted a protest from Public CITIZEN, a nonprofit public interest group that has been promoting the boycott. It called the removal of the page IRRESPONSIBLE and said users should be given a better EXPLANATION"...
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money.cnn.com/2010/06/29/technology/...atest+%28Latest+News%29
Facebook: 'Boycott BP' page disabled in error
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- FACEBOOK is embroiled in another controversy after the popular social networking site on Monday temporarily disabled a page that calls for a boycott of oil giant BP. FACEBOOK officials said Tuesday the site was removed in ERROR through a technological GLITCH and has been RESTORED.
The Boycott BP page aims to organize a worldwide boycott of BP (BP) stations and all its brands in response to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of MEXICO. It urges visitors to "Boycott BP stations until the spill is cleaned up." In addition to the station boycott, it advocates boycotting Castrol, Arco, Aral, Amoco, am/pm and even the Wild Bean Cafe.
The group said it has more than 700,000 members. The site went down Monday, with visitors redirected to Facebook's HOME page. Facebook spokeswoman Annika HEINLE said there was nothing sinister behind the move, and an automated system mistakenly flagged the page for removal.
"The administrative profile of the BP Boycott page was disabled by our automated systems, therefore removing all the content that had been created by the profile," a FACEBOOK statement said. "After a manual review, we determined the profile was removed in error, and it now has been restored along with the page."
The missing page prompted a protest from Public CITIZEN, a nonprofit public interest group that has been promoting the boycott. It called the removal of the page IRRESPONSIBLE and said users should be given a better EXPLANATION"...
SOURCE / QUELLE dieses Ausschnitts:
money.cnn.com/2010/06/29/technology/...atest+%28Latest+News%29
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