Tuesday, January 29, 2019

SALAM WEB: AT LAST A NEW WEB BROWSER COMPLIANT WITH ISLAMIC VALUES & SHARIA

At last: New web browser is compliant with Islamic values

BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/at-last-new-web-browser; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Why is this needed? Microsoft Edge isn’t enough?
“Halal internet? This browser promises to be compliant with Islamic values,” by Yudith Ho, Bloomberg, January 28, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A Malaysian startup is betting that there’s plenty of pent-up demand for a new browser that’s compliant with Islamic values, at a time of mounting concerns over privacy, bias and online abuse over the internet.
SalamWeb, a mobile browser, is designed to deliver a Muslim-friendly web experience. The app, which includes messaging, news and other features, is aimed at users in Malaysia and Indonesia, according to Hasni Zarina Mohamed Khan, managing director at Salam Web Technologies MY Sdn.
Her goal is to eventually capture 10 per cent of the 1.8 billion global Muslim population. She pointed to some of challenges facing the web, as the world’s largest technology companies from Google to Facebook Inc. face criticism for doing too little to address harmful content and false information. Human rights group Amnesty International looked at abusive interactions and concluded that Twitter is a “toxic place for women.”
“We want to make the internet a better place,” Hasni Zarina said. “We know the internet has the good and the bad, so SalamWeb offers you a tool to create this window that lets you go to the internet to see the good.”
SalamWeb relies on community-vetted content filters that mark web pages as appropriate, neutral or inappropriate, while warning users when they approach sites with gambling or pornography. It also has Muslim-specific functions, such as prayer times and an indicator for Qibla, or the direction that a Muslim must face when praying….
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