A group of Evangelical Christians in Brazil has
launched a social network where swearing and
erotic content in any form is completely banned.

The creators of Facegloria claim the site has
attracted 100,000 members since its launch last
month.
There are 600 words which are forbidden on the
site and an "Amen" button for expressing
appreciation for a post.

Ummaland, a social network for Muslims which
launched in 2013, currently has around 329,000
members.
It includes "extended privacy settings" for women
and daily Islamic inspirational quotes.
"We are creating Ummaland on Islamic values, no
small talk, no boasting, no gossiping and
backbiting but focusing on the message that
really matters," said co-founders Maruf Yusupov
and Jamoliddin Daliyev in an interview shortly
after the site launched.

Spreading the word
Brazil's Facegloria is currently only available in
Portuguese but other language services and a
mobile app are also planned.
Brazil has the world's largest Roman Catholic
population.

"On Facebook you see a lot of violence and
pornography. That's why we thought of creating
a network where we could talk about God, love
and to spread His word," web designer Atilla
Barros told AFP.

Gay material is also banned from the social
media platform.

Mr Barros and his three co-founders were
working in the office of Acir dos Santos, the
mayor of Ferraz de Vasconcelos, when they came
up with the idea.
Mr dos Santos has since invested $16,000
(£10,000) in the start-up.
"Our network is global. We have bought the
Faceglory domain in English and in all possible
languages. We want to take on Facebook and
Twitter here and everywhere," he said.
Religion and technology often intertwine,
programmer John Graham-Cumming told the
BBC.
"There are some [programming] languages which
have some religious symbols, the most notable is
a language called Perl," he said.

"It was written by Larry Wall who is a Christian,
and who has expressed that Christian faith, and
within the language there are little clues about
that. One of the key words is 'bless' - you can
bless something, and it has a technical meaning ."
Developer Terry Davis spent ten years building his
publicly available Christian operating system,
TempleOS, which is full of Biblical quotes and
references.

"TempleOS is God's official temple. Just like
Solomon's temple, this is a community focal
point where offerings are made and God's oracle
is consulted," reads the operating system's
charter.


Source: www.bbc.com/news/technology-33409968

Nice move..