Social networking site admits that note posted by Former Alaska Governor slamming Ground zero mosque was 'automatically deleted'
Social networking site admits that note posted by Former Alaska Governor slamming Ground zero mosque was 'automatically deleted'Social networking site Facebook has apologised after a post by US Republican politician Sarah Palin was deleted.
Sorry please: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attacked Palin's
comments on the ground zero mosque saying it was intolerant. File PicFacebook admitted that the 'note' by Palinu00a0-- voicing her opposition to the building of a mosque near the World Trade Center site in New Yorku00a0-- had been deleted by an automated system.
Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said in the statement, "The note in question did not violate our content standards but was removed by an automated system. We're always working to improve our processes and we apologise for any inconvenience this caused."
After the original post was deleted, Palin re-posted the note on Thursday morning.
Media circus
The 46-year-old former Alaskan governor's stance against the mosque became an international farce last week when she used a made-up word 'refudiate' to voice her opposition.
The media picked up on her apparent ignorance of the English language, likening her to gaffe-prone former president and fellow Republican George Bush.
But it was the sentiments of her message that has now drawn the greatest criticism.
Palin wrote on Twitter, "Ground Zero Mosque supporters. Doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate."
Her comments were attacked byu00a0 Republican-turned-independent New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has called efforts to derail the mosque un-American.
He said, "Sarah Palin has a right to her opinions, but I could not disagree more. Everything the United States stands for, New York stands for, is tolerance and openness."
Palin hit back -- this time from her Facebook page -- saying her opposition to the mosque had nothing to do with tolerance, adding, "It's just common decency."
Palin is not alone in her opposition to the mosque plans, with former US House speaker Newt Gingrich announcing his opposition in a statement on his web page.
He said, "The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over."
The proposed (mosque) overlooking the World Trade Center site -- where a group of terrorists killed over 3,000 Americans and destroyed one of our most famous landmarks is a test of the timidity, passivity and historic ignorance of American elites."
The mosque, which would be located two blocks from the lower Manhattan site of the September 11 attacks, is a project of the non-profit Cordoba Initiative, which says it promotes cross-cultural understanding between Islam and the West. Cordoba bought the property for ufffd2.5 million
(Rs 180 crore) and plans to build a 13-storey mosque.
3000 The approximate number of people who lost their lives in the September 11 attack
