Salman Rushdie Convinces Facebook He’s Not a Catfish

Poor Salman Rushdie: there seems to be a social networking fatwa against his digital presence. First there was that incident

Poor Salman Rushdie: there seems to be a social networking fatwa against his digital presence. First there was that incident where he tried to claim his Twitter handle, only to find out there was someone already squatting on @salmanrushdie. Humiliated, the Satanic Verses author was forced to claim @salmanrushdie1 until he gained enough support to push out the faker and reign over his rightful tweets.

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To add insult to injury, Facebook deactivated his account yesterday, thinking he was an imposter. Then they refused to let him back under the name “Salman Rushdie.”

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Salman Rushdie Convinces Facebook He’s Not a Catfish