The website of the church that plans to burn a Koran on Saturday to commemorate 9/11 was removed from the internet after its hosting service said the site violated its terms of service agreement.
statement on twitter from Robert Scoble
notice the above screen cap contradicts the tweet in the screen cap on top
The removal of the doveworld.org site comes as President Barack Obama urged the Florida pastor not to burn the Koran on the 9-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. “This could increase the recruitment of individuals who would be willing to blow themselves up in American cities or European cities,” Obama said.
Terry Jones, the Gainesville pastor, says the burning of the Mulism holy book is a protest against radical Islam.
Rackspace, of San Antonio Texas, did not immediately return a telephone call from Wired.com after CNN reported the web hosting service pulled the plug on the Dove World Outreach Center’s site over a terms of service breach. Its terms of service agreement prohibits using Rackpace servers if such usage “incites violence, threatens violence, or contains harassing content or hate speech.”
Jones said Rackspace’s move Thursday was an “indirect attack on our freedom of speech.”
His congregation’s so-called International Burn a Koran Day event, he said, is a protest against radical Islam and is planned for 6 p.m. Eastern time Saturday.
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via wired.com
so let's get this straight. book burning... bad. internet censorship good?
