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SAN FRANCISCO - up again to make firm policy, this time the social networking block Ow.ly penyingkat URL with a domain that is used by HootSuite.

Parties up himself forced to block akes penyingkat URLs in their services because of the impact of the rise of worm that infiltrated and can trick users into visiting a link on Facebook.

Currently, users who wish to enter the website address with penyingkat URL Ow.ly, certain to be blocked and given the message, "The link you are to visit has been reported as abusive by Facebook users."

"Sometimes spammers attempt to hide their malicious links on the back of the URL like Tiny URL or bit.ly. We may be temporarily block all use of the URL, "wrote up in his blog, which quoted Inside Facebook on Thursday (08/12/2010).

"We immediately add it to your block list and prevent Wall posts or messages to other users and reach dangerous sites through Facebook," he added.

Meanwhile, prompted Facebook users should be aware of the link URLs are shortened, especially the current one penyingkat negative form of these links is that users are not able to detect whether it leads to a malicious site or not.