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stories More Your Rights Online stories Yahoo! Bans "Allah" in Screen Names Posted by CmdrTaco on Tue Feb 21, '06 11:00 AM from the when-things-go-to-far dept. szembek writes "According to The Register it seems that Yahoo! is banning the use of the string "Allah" in all screen names. The issue apparently became aesthetics apparent when Linda Callahan attempted to use her surname in her screen name. The following link has an interesting list of terms that Yahoo does allow, and aesthetics ones they don't." Related Stories Yahoo Reverses Allah Ban 331 comments [+] damnal aesthetics writes "Yahoo's ban on "Allah" in users names, has been reversed. The ban was instituted due to a number of people registering for IDs using specific terms with the sole purpose of promoting hate. Yahoo's comment on the reversal: "We recently re-evaluated the term 'Allah,' and users can now register for IDs with this word because it is no longer a significant target for abuse.""
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