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Just noticed your addition regarding `vb.ly` and had a quick route around, it seems that they seized it due to it containing content that fell outside of Libyan Islamic/Sharia Law.

I don't think we'll have any issues with this as we're not linking off to any content we don't know about.

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It's one of those things that for a b2b service, if I have to even think about it, I will most likely just not sign up and go with an alternative.

What if you make an infographic tomorrow for your blog that has a semi-racy picture? Now I have no idea if that violates Libya's policies. But for me I'd like to have one fewer thing to worry about when I goto bed.

Doesn't the thought of your product being governed by "Libyan Islamic/Sharia Law" worry you at all?

Well i don't think it's the product, it was the content, and in our case, all content is going to be about the product, so i think it's a non-issue in our case, these other url shortening sites are linking to content that could be deemed inappropriate in most countries...

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