The social networking site has disabled an account bearing the name of terrorism. Nothing proves its authenticity, but before its deactivation, the profile had many fans. The U.S. television network ABC, quoting the Saudi website Elaph, stated that the Facebook account was opened on March 25 and described bin Laden as the “Prince of the Mojahedin”
There was an account by the name Osama bin Laden on Facebook ? A profile name was off on Friday by the social networking site, but there is evidence of its authenticity. “People often try to register accounts under false names of people who are famous for good or wrong reasons, and we have several technical measures designed to prevent this,” said a spokesman for Facebook. “Sometimes these fake pass through the cracks, but we have no indication that the account or those others who have tried to pass for Osama bin Laden had a relationship with the terrorist\” , he added, stating that “as is the usual practice of Facebook, we have disabled the account.
According to ABC, this account had more than 1,000 fans at the time of its closure.