Skip to content

Sam Johnston Scribes

Random rants about random stuff (technology, security, politics, religion, etc.)

  • Home
  • Bio
HomeFacebook blocks entire “.co.uk” domain as “spammy or unsafe”

Facebook blocks entire “.co.uk” domain as “spammy or unsafe”

October 25, 2011January 29, 2015 samj Securityfacebook

Facebook have blocked “.co.uk” as “spammy or unsafe”:

I was trying to post this article to my wall but get the same message when I try to post nothing more than http://www.google.co.uk/:

Reminds me of the day Google broke the Internet… and the dangers of getting regular expressions wrong.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print

Related

Post navigation

← John McCarthy: Father of cloud computing dies
RIP Adobe Flash (1996-2011) – now let’s bury the dead →


The views expressed on these pages are mine alone and not (necessarily) those of any current, future or former client or employer. As I reserve the right to review my position based on future evidence, they may not even reflect my own views by the time you read them. Protip: If in doubt, ask.

Recent Posts

  • Leaving Equinix
  • HTTP2 Expression of Interest
  • Leaving Google+
  • Getting started with OpenStack in your lab
  • Is carrying an iPhone worth the risk?

Categories

Australia Big Data Cloud Future Hardware Internet Lab Mobile Politics Security Software Standards Trademarks

Archives

Twitter

My Tweets
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.