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Facebook Reportedly Built a Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China


Facebook Reportedly Built a Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China
Facebook has developed technology that could finally make its service palatable to Chinese authorities, who have blocked it since 2009.The social network giant has quietly built a tool for blocking certain posts from showing up in feeds of users in some regions, according to a report from the New York Times, citing anonymous sources.CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly a strong supporter of the tool, which could be used to censor politically sensitive content in China.
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Facebook Builds Censorship Tool But Is No Closer to Entering China


Facebook Builds Censorship Tool But Is No Closer to Entering China
Company says it has yet to decide how to approach ChinaFacebook Inc. is so keen to return to China that it built a tool that would geographically censor information in the country, according to the New York Times.While that may help the Chinese government get comfortable with Facebook, the company's re-entry may not happen for years, if at all, given licensing restrictions and other regulations that favor locally owned companies.China blocked the world's largest social network in 2009.
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Facebook Reportedly Targeting China with Censorship Tool


Facebook Reportedly Targeting China with Censorship Tool
How far is Facebook willing to go to convince China's Communist government to lift the ban on its social network in the country?According to a new report, the company has developed software that allows third-parties to target posts in certain geographic areas.The News Feed censorship tool was created specifically to help the platform make inroads into China, claim employees at the company who spoke to The New York Times.
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Facebook Creates Censorship Tool To Try To Re-Enter China: NYT


Facebook Creates Censorship Tool To Try To Re-Enter China: NYT
Facebook (FB) has developed a filter that would allow local censorship of its content, the New York Times reported late Tuesday, as it seeks to re-enter the huge China market.China banned Facebook and Twitter (TWTR) back in 2009.Facebook has created software that would allow a third party to delete content based on specific geographical regions, current and former Facebook staff told the New York Times.
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Facebook Reportedly Developed Censorship Tool for China


Facebook Reportedly Developed Censorship Tool for China
has been developing a censorship tool that could help the company launch in China, according to a New York Times report.The development of the tool has been controversial within the company, with multiple staffers leaving, according to the report."We have long said that we are interested in China, and are spending time understanding and learning more about the country," a Facebook spokesperson said via email.
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