Brazilian Evangelical Christians Create Facegloria, a Violence and Pornography- Free Version of Facebook; 100K People Sign Up in First Month
A group of Brazilian evangelical Christians has seen its Facegloria social networking website attract 100,000 users in its first month, offering a “morally better” version of Facebook that is centered on God and free from violence and pornography. “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,” one of the founders, web designer Atoll Barros, told AFP in an interview. “We want to be morally and technically better than Facebook. We want all Brazilian Evangelicals to shift to Facegloria,” Barrow added. While Facegloria has similar functions to Facebook, it also has some faith-inspired changes, such as offering an “Amen” button instead of “Like.” Cursing is not allowed on the website, which has a list of close to 600 banned words. It also prohibits any kind of violent or erotic content, and does not allow photos or videos depicting same-sex activity. Barros, who envisioned