Facebook acknowledges Arab LBTG ban hoax

"Adminstrator josh" provided us with a petition forum that was meant to increase the number of petitioners to prevent saudi arabia from blocking facebook's server. I belive this "adminstrator josh" thought that this group's presense would increase the chance of saudi arabia blocking facebook server by june. And therefore this hoax was extended a week long since facebook did not complete the investigation till yesterday. Again, i am asked by facebook to clear any misrepresntation and i would like if u would state in the article that boing boing article was misinformation. Since the author did not infrom the reader of the real problem and misread the group's infromation provided.

Dear members:

I am here to deliver news that is actually amazing in one way, but upsetting for me and has put me in a state of awe. I would like to first thank you all for ur infinite support, for this group.

It has proven to us that we can all come together, and build a community that can conquore any act of opression that impedes our free speech. Many have been asking for verification of the violation of terms that we received from "adminstartor josh." Contacting facebook long ago, they finally replied to me with a conclusive investigational report saying that this account is in no way affiliated with the facebook team. Therefore,' we have been fooled and duped by this certain invidiudal(or individuals).

It appears that you have been contacted by a user with the name"Adminstrator Josh" about a group you created on our site. This person was posing as a Facebook employee and is in no way affiliated with the company.

We have not been contacted by any governments about your group, and we will not remove it unless it violates one of our standard guidelines for abuse on
the site, which it appears it does not.


We have disabled the account of the person who contacted you. In addition,however, we ask that you issue a retraction on the page for your group "The
official Petition to prevent Arab LBTG from being shut down" and remove anycontent from the group or your profile that misrepresents Facebook in any way. Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation on this, and please let me know if you have any questions.