{"id":38482,"date":"2016-11-23T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softwareengineering2.wordpress.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2016-11-23T10:04:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:04:47","slug":"facebook-made-china-censorship-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc1019fall2016\/syndicated\/facebook-made-china-censorship-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook \u2018made China censorship tool\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The social network refused to confirm or deny the software’s existence, but said in a statement it was “spending time understanding and learning more” about China. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group which campaigns for better privacy online, told the BBC the project sounded “extremely disturbing”.<\/p>\n

Censorship concessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 2009, the only way to access Facebook in China has been via a virtual private network software designed to \u201cspoof\u201d your real location and avoid local internet restrictions.<\/p>\n

Facebook, which has 1.8 billion active users, is aggressively looking to expand in parts of the world beyond its existing markets.<\/p>\n

And in China, it appears the site is at the very least considering making concessions to China\u2019s notoriously tightly-monitored internet.<\/p>\n

According to employees quoted anonymously by the New York Times\u2019 reporter Mike Isaac, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was questioned about the plans in an all-staff meeting earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s better for Facebook to be a part of enabling conversation, even if it\u2019s not yet the full conversation,\u201d he is reported to have said while stressing it was early days.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuckerberg recently spent time with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, as well as taking time to learn Mandarin.<\/p>\n

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References:<\/p>\n

flickr photo by Sarah.Marshall https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/sarahmarshall\/8408366593<\/a> shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license<\/p>\n

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