Syrians won't be able to access Facebook any longer, or at least not without a legal struggle. Apparently the popular social networking website has been banned from the country over fears of Israeli infiltration. The site has been used by political activists to organize members around global causes, prompting the ban.
The website Global Voices Online posted this tongue-in-cheek response about the ban:
"Just imagine having a site which starts with w and ends with .com and not having it banned in Syria!" the author wrote in Arabic. "We can go back to using carrier pigeons. At the least, they are more guaranteed and faster than the Internet we have."
Global Voices reported that many Syrian bloggers are fuming about the ban.
More on this story can be found at Seattlepi.
--Anna Mavromati
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