Everbody Draw Mohammed Day is sparking a lot of controversy around the world today, as thousands of members of the Facebook group post their own visual representation of the Islamic prophet. The controversy all stems from an episode of South Park which originally depicted the prophet, but was later censored by Comedy Central before airing after they received death threats from Islamic extremists.
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day is a protest against efforts to limit free speech, and it seems Facebook is playing it’s own role in limiting free speech – after already pulling the group before putting it back up again shortly after. It will be intesting to see if Google decides to pull the group again or not…


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