Ed Callahan

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Home > Yahoo! banned my name! UPDATE: Yahoo! Relents! This morning, February 22, 2006, Yahoo! changed their policy and "Allah" is now allowed in usernames. The world can now go on living in peace and harmony ... Yahoo!s statement: "We continuously evaluate abuse patterns in registration usernames to help prevent spam, fraud and other inappropriate behavior. A small number of people registered for IDs using specific terms with the sole purpose of promoting hate, and then used those IDs to post content that was harmful or threatening to others, thus violating Yahoo!'s Terms of Service. "'Allah' was one word being used for these purposes, with instances tied to defamatory language. We took steps to help protect our users by prohibiting use of the term in Yahoo! usernames. We recently re-evaluated the term 'Allah' and users can now register for IDs with this word because it is no longer a significant target for abuse. We regularly evaluate this type of activity and will continue to make adjustments to our registration process to help foster a positive customer experience." Yahoo! banned my name! (or What does Yahoo! have against Allah?) OK, Yahoo! (probably) doesn't have anything against me personally, but believe it or not they won't allow a username to contain the word Allah, and C

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