Kirk Cameron's evangelical-themed film, "Unstoppable," faced some ungodly obstacles when it was banned from both Facebook and YouTube recently.
On July 18, Cameron took to his Facebook page to alert fans that links to the website for "Unstoppable" had been blocked by the social network for allegedly being "abusive," "unsafe" and "spammy." The following day, he announced YouTube had done the same and had blocked the "Unstoppable" trailer because it was considered "spam," a "scam" and "deceptive."
"This is my most personal film about faith, hope and love, and about why God allows bad things to happen to good people. What is 'abusive' or 'unsafe' about that?!" he wrote. "Please help us encourage Facebook to unblock our website soon by sharing this post with your friends so more people can see this transparent, faith-building project."
Michael Kirkland, communications manager for Facebook, explained to The Christian Post that links to the...
On July 18, Cameron took to his Facebook page to alert fans that links to the website for "Unstoppable" had been blocked by the social network for allegedly being "abusive," "unsafe" and "spammy." The following day, he announced YouTube had done the same and had blocked the "Unstoppable" trailer because it was considered "spam," a "scam" and "deceptive."
"This is my most personal film about faith, hope and love, and about why God allows bad things to happen to good people. What is 'abusive' or 'unsafe' about that?!" he wrote. "Please help us encourage Facebook to unblock our website soon by sharing this post with your friends so more people can see this transparent, faith-building project."
Michael Kirkland, communications manager for Facebook, explained to The Christian Post that links to the...
- 7/23/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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There was a dust-up last week because the trailer for Kirk Cameron's evangelical film, "Unstoppable," was banned on Facebook and YouTube. But Cameron's fans rallied to get the ban lifted on Facebook, which the social media site says was just a mix-up in the first place.
"From what we can tell, the address purchased for the movie was previously being used as a spam site and it hadn't been refreshed in our system yet," Michael Kirkland, communications manager for Facebook, tells the Christian Post. "We were in direct contact with Kirk's team on this and reversed the block as soon as we confirmed that the address was no longer being used for spam."
In a statement, Facebook adds, "These systems are so effective that most people who use Facebook will never encounter spam. They're not perfect, though,...
There was a dust-up last week because the trailer for Kirk Cameron's evangelical film, "Unstoppable," was banned on Facebook and YouTube. But Cameron's fans rallied to get the ban lifted on Facebook, which the social media site says was just a mix-up in the first place.
"From what we can tell, the address purchased for the movie was previously being used as a spam site and it hadn't been refreshed in our system yet," Michael Kirkland, communications manager for Facebook, tells the Christian Post. "We were in direct contact with Kirk's team on this and reversed the block as soon as we confirmed that the address was no longer being used for spam."
In a statement, Facebook adds, "These systems are so effective that most people who use Facebook will never encounter spam. They're not perfect, though,...
- 7/23/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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