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Facebook Builds Censorship Tool To Attain China Re-Entry: Nyt


Ron Burgundy
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A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo(Reuters) - Facebook Inc has quietly developed a censorship tool that could persuade China to allow the world's biggest social media network to re-enter the world's second largest economy after a seven-year ban, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Facebook developed the software, which suppresses posts from appearing in people's news feeds in specific geographies, with the support of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, the newspaper said, citing unnamed current and former employees. "We have long said that we are interested in China, and are spending time understanding and learning more about the country," Facebook spokeswoman Arielle Aryah said in an emailed statement to Reuters.




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