Iran Court Summons Mark Zuckerberg For Facebook Privacy Violations 304
wiredmikey (1824622) writes "An Iranian judge has summoned Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer allegations that his company's apps have breached people's privacy, it was reported Tuesday. The court in Fars province ordered that Zuckerberg address unspecified 'violation of privacy' claims made by Iranians over the reach of Facebook-owned apps, ISNA news agency reported. 'Based on the judge's verdict, the Zionist manager of Facebook... should report to the prosecutor's office to defend himself and make compensation for damages,' Rouhollah Momen-Nasab, a senior Iranian Internet security official, told ISNA. Access to social networks, including Twitter and Facebook, are routinely blocked by Iranian authorities, as are other websites considered un-Islamic or detrimental to the regime."
Good luck on that... he won't appear (Score:3, Insightful)
There is no way I see Zuckerberg appearing in an Iranian court anytime soon, regardless of the charges. I personally wouldn't step foot in the country myself, as an atheist, I'd be risking my neck because I'd likely say something stupid and get myself thrown in prison for heresy.
Re:Good luck on that... he won't appear (Score:5, Insightful)
Zuckerberg the Zionist (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm sure Mr. Zuckerberg is aboard the first American Airlines flight from San Francisco to Tehran.
Oh wait, no Southwest flight goes to Tehran.
Surely he's booked on United Airlines. No, wait, they don't fly to Tehran either.
Looks like NONE of the US carriers go there. Is it because they don't like money? That can't be
right. Is it because they are shareholder driven and their shareholders are all either dirty jews
or clean jews or some combination of clean and dirty jews? That seems unlikely.
OH WAIT, I GOT IT!
IRAN IS A TERRORIST NATION, A SPONSOR OF TERRORIST GROUPS, CALLS THE US
THE GREAT SATAN AND WANTS TO DESTROY US AND ISRAEL TOO AND IS A HOTBED
OF RELIGIOUS CRAP THAT MAKES THE BIBLE BELT AND WASHINGTON DC LOOK LIKE
SECULAR NOOBS.
I guess they won't have Zuckerberg to demonize if he doesn't go there.
Perhaps they'll burn his effigy along with President Obama, the US Flag, and a fake
nuclear wessel.
Ehud
Tucson AZ US
Re:Yea, I'm sure he gives a rat's ass. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Yea, I'm sure he gives a rat's ass. (Score:5, Insightful)
Somewhere, Mark Zuckerberg is *still* laughing.
No, somewhere, Facebook is consulting attorneys on how to avoid a Fatwa so he won't end up like Salman Rushdie, or worse, Theo van Gogh [wikipedia.org].
Re:Good luck on that... he won't appear (Score:5, Insightful)
Zuckerberg wouldn't even need to say anything. He'd be jailed as an evil Zionist spy or some other nonsense the moment he tried to leave the country. I wouldn't fare any better with the last name Levine. You couldn't pay me enough money to travel to Iran.
It's an interesting question (Score:3, Insightful)
The USA has on a number of occasions extended its own laws to cover interactions with foreigners over the Internet. You only have to look at a certain naturalised New Zealander who the US have tried to extradite (Mega something or other, wasn't it)
The European Union isn't perfect either, as this "Right to Be Forgotten" law also seems to want to establish national law when the dealings are with foriegn companies that essentially only have sub-offices over here. In actual fact, the Iranian allegations of "Invasion of privacy" are fairly similar to the European Union position, which is one reason why I hope that the silly ruling is buried in some manner.
Re:Zuckerberg the Zionist (Score:4, Insightful)
"Great Satan" -- first used in Nov 1979 to label the USA by Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini.
"Axis of Evil" -- first used in Jan 2002 to label Iran, Iraq, and N. Korea by President George Bush.
So it is childish to make the comparison, but "they started it", if you are comparing the two phrases.
... nobody is talking about the privacy violations (Score:5, Insightful)
Say what you want about Iran, but they do have a point here. Will anyone listen to them? Probably not.
Re:Yea, I'm sure he gives a rat's ass. (Score:5, Insightful)
They're assembling a massive database of personal information. Sound pretty American to me.
Re:Good luck on that... he won't appear (Score:5, Insightful)
I've known many people over the years who identify themselves as 'Persian'.
They've been exceedingly nice, smart people for the most part. But, even they try very hard to distance themselves from Iran, the land of the batshit crazy.
And, I'm sorry, but the present-day country called Iran is no place I'd ever want to go. The historical Persia which had art, and science, and philosophy (and tolerance), and lots of cool things ... that I'd love to see.
But don't ever forget there's a difference between the historical entity, and the present one. And the present one is ruled by crazy idiots.
Re:Yea, I'm sure he gives a rat's ass. (Score:5, Insightful)
Um, some friends of mine got a fatwa from their imam about marriage recommendations last week.
I understand what you are trying to explain about fatwas, but that is still very creepy for me, that someone would go for written approval from a religious figure for any important decision in their own lives. If you told me that your friends went to a Catholic priest, a Hindu Holy man, the Dalai Lama or Oprah Winfrey for recommendations, I would make me feel just as creepy.
Friends of mine are adults, with their own free will, and decided for themselves that they wanted to get married. It was their decision.
So what do your friends do when the their imam issues a fatwa on how to trim their garden . . . ? Or who to vote for in the next election . . . ? Or that their neighbor is a Zionist . . . ? Do they have free will and responsibility in their lives . . . ?
I feel that this reliance on religious authority is exactly what eventually leads folks down the path to commit atrocities in the name of religion . . . because, well, it wasn't their decision . . . it was made by a higher authority.
Re:Yea, I'm sure he gives a rat's ass. (Score:2, Insightful)
Friends of mine are adults, with their own free will, and decided for themselves that they wanted to get married. It was their decision.
Are we to presume you never seek advice or counsel from other people? You must be an idiot to think you know everything and can evaluate every possible nuance.
Re:Yea, I'm sure he gives a rat's ass. (Score:4, Insightful)
America is vastly more democratic than Iran. The more democratic a government, the less the government can use violence and fear of violence to propagate its will and thus the better the propaganda.
Re:Yea, I'm sure he gives a rat's ass. (Score:5, Insightful)
We have armed police and drones because the population overwhelming supports both. That is democratic. You may not like it, but that doesn't make it non democratic.