Facebook Builds Censorship Tool To Re-Enter China

Several Facebook employees have reportedly quit the social media company amid criticism that it has developed a special software to suppress posts in China in concession for re-entering the Chinese market. Facebook has been banned in the country since 2009 and the new censorship tool could allow China to monitor and suppress content in news feeds based on user’s location. WCCF Tech reports: New York Times reports that Mark Zuckerberg has created a software to suppress posts from appearing in people’s news feeds in specific geographic areas. The story is based on the accounts of at least “three current and former employees” who remain anonymous “because the tool is confidential.” Zuckerberg developed this tool to help Facebook get back into China, where it remains blocked since 2009. The story also said several Facebook employees raised problems with the idea of Facebook developing censorship tools and left the company as a result. The Facebook censorship software is among the many projects the company has initiated and may never be implemented, the story added. It should be noted this is not the first time that Facebook has restricted content in the regions, outside of the United States. Pakistan, Russia, and Turkey are [...]

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