Osama bin Laden fan clubs build online communities

Al-Qaeda sympathizers are using Orkut, a popular, worldwide Internet service owned by Google, to rally support for Osama bin Laden, share videos and Web links promoting terrorism and recruit non-Arabic-speaking Westerners, according to terrorism experts and a survey of the sites.

Militants, too, are flourishing on websites. On Orkut, at least 10 communities are devoted to praising bin Laden, al-Qaeda or jihad (holy war) against the United States. They can be found easily through a simple English-language search of the site. The largest bin Laden community has more than 2,000 members, according to Orkut's tracking data, available on the site.

Google, which operates Orkut, says it tries to balance the free flow of information against the appearance of objectionable material by keeping intervention to a minimum.

"It is a very fine line to walk sometimes," says Paul McMasters, a free speech expert at the Freedom Forum in Arlington, Va. "But our tradition under the First Amendment is always: Come down on the side of more speech, not less speech."

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-03-08-orkut-al-qaeda_x.htm?POE=TECISVA

I'm convinced 9.11 was a MIHOP this is the only reason why this is allowed.

...already.

Or maybe when they see the actual Osoma next to "Fat Osoma" and that total BS "Studio Bin Laden," they will finally get it that he died back in December 2001.

this is a problem? people can admire who they like.

for the deaths of thousands. Either bin Laden or George Bush.

It's nothing to do with Osama. He's simply become the leading Anti-America Brand.

I'm so fucking tired of fundy freakazoids. :banghead: