Evangelical Christians create their own holy version of Facebook


For those who find Facebook too worldly, there's now Facegloria.
Evangelical Christians in Brazil launched the social media site in June, and it already boasts 100,000 members, the BBC reports. On Facegloria, swearing and erotic content are banned, and instead of "liking" something, you click the "Amen" button. Also, don't expect to see any profile pictures with rainbow filters — gay material is forbidden. "On Facebook, you see a lot of violence and pornography," web designer Atilla Barros told AFP. "That's why we thought of creating a network where we could talk about God, love, and to spread His word."
There's a similar site for Muslims called Ummaland, which launched in 2013 and has 329,000 members. It offers "extended privacy settings" for women and shares Islamic inspirational quotes every day. Facegloria is only in Portuguese at the moment, but the company is hoping to soon be available everywhere. "Our network is global," Acir dos Santos, an investor in Facegloria, said. "We have bought the Faceglory domain in English and in all possible languages. We want to take on Facebook and Twitter here and everywhere."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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