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Facebook reported to have created censorship tool to re-enter China


Facebook reported to have created censorship tool to re-enter China
In its latest attempt to launch in China, Facebook has quietly built a censorship tool that could hide posts about prohibited topics from people in specific geographic areas, the New York Times reported.Instead of censoring posts itself, the tool will allow any third-party such as a local partner company in China to prevent users in the country from seeing content that breaks the government rules.The third party can monitor popular stories and topics across the social network, then has full control to decide whether these posts should show up in users' feeds.
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Facebook has tested censorship tool for China: report


Facebook has tested censorship tool for China: report
Facebook has created a censorship tool to automatically suppress certain posts in specific geographic areas — and several employees who worked on the project quit in dismay, reports the New York Times.This software would give third parties, like internet service providers, the ability to monitor Facebook for popular stories, and suppress them at will.This tool is one of many that Facebook has experimented with to get back into China, where it's been blocked from users since 2009, says the report, and has never actually been used.
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Report: Facebook developing censorship tool for Chinese market


Report: Facebook developing censorship tool for Chinese market
It's no secret that Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has been trying in earnest to woo China into allowing the social network to set up shop in the Communist-run country.Zuckerberg's efforts have included controversial trips to China in which the young CEO has run through Tiananmen Square under a cloud of the country's notorious thick smog, as well as rubbing palms with China's cyberspace censors while they were visiting California.According to a new report in The New York Times, Facebook is also creating unique censoring tools for its platform that will keep it more in line with China's tight parameters of free speech.
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Facebook said to create censorship tool to enter China again


Facebook said to create censorship tool to enter China again
Facebook has reportedly developed a software tool that will help keep certain content away from users' news feeds in certain geographies, reflecting the company's apparent willingness to meet Chinese government censorship demands part of the way.The social networking site has been banned in China since 2009 because of the government's censorship rules and like many other U.S. technology companies would like to reenter the market with nearly 1.4 billion people.CEO Mark Zuckerberg has learned Mandarin, visited the country often and cultivated the local leadership including President Xi Jinping.
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Facebook built censorship tool to get into China despite human rights risks


Facebook built censorship tool to get into China despite human rights risks
Facebook wants to be unbanned in China, so it's built a censorship tool that could hide posts about prohibited topics from people in China, according to The New York Times' Mike Isaac.Rather than censor posts itself, Facebook would potentially provide the tool to a third-party in China such as a local partner company that could use it to prevent users in China from seeing content that breaks the government's rules.While China could unlock huge amounts of users and ad revenue for Facebook, the censorship tool could also be used to enact human rights abuse.
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