Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China, according to a report in the New York Times.
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Facebook ‘made China censorship tool’
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China Increases Scrutiny of Internet, Tech Companies
HONG KONG — The Chinese government has proposed taking part ownership of the country’s biggest Internet companies, and is subjecting American technology companies to mandatory reviews.Both moves are raising fears the government is attempting to exert even more control over web and tech firms in China. Continue reading
China Increases Scrutiny of Internet, Tech Companies已关闭评论
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Facebook Scores Rare Legal Win in China
Facebook has won a rare trademark lawsuit in China over the use of a version of its name by a Chinese beverage maker. Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, court, Facebook, Great Firewall, Mark Zuckerberg, trademark
Tsering Woeser:Faith in Addition to Face – To Facebook, Inc.
published: December 30, 2014
On December 26, 2014, I reposted on my Facebook page a video of Tibetan Buddhist monk Kalsang Yeshe’s self-immolation that occurred on December 23 [in Tawu county, Continue reading
Tsering Woeser:Faith in Addition to Face – To Facebook, Inc.已关闭评论
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Amid Scrutiny, Facebook Suspends Chinese Dissident’s Account
4:35 pm HKT Dec 31, 2014
Just as scrutiny of how Facebook treats China-related content is mounting, the social-networking service on Wednesday suspended the account of a prominent Chinese dissident writer, citing its policy against nudity.
Liao Yiwu, who lives in Berlin, said Wednesday Continue reading
Amid Scrutiny, Facebook Suspends Chinese Dissident’s Account已关闭评论
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Woeser Accuses Facebook of Censoring Posts
Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser has accused Facebook of censoring a post which included images of the recent self-immolation of Kalsang Yeshi, a 37-year-old monk who set himself Continue reading
Prominent Tibetan Activist Tsering Woeser Claims Facebook Censorship
By Matthew Robertson, Epoch Times | December 26, 2014Last Updated: December 27, 2014 6:40 am
Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser. (Courtesy of Tsering Woeser)
Tsering Woeser, a well-known Tibetan writer and activist, Continue reading
Prominent Tibetan Activist Tsering Woeser Claims Facebook Censorship已关闭评论
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Banned on Weibo: President Xi’s Facebook presence
By David Bandurski | Posted on 2014-08-11
The following post by “Kid Shoes_1009” (小童鞋_1009), was deleted sometime before 1:02 AM today, August 11, 2014. Continue reading
Banned on Weibo: President Xi’s Facebook presence已关闭评论
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Tagged Banned, Facebook, Xi Jinping