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Nov, 2016 : China Filter Build by Facebook to Handle Hurdles
📅 - Facebook wants to return to China, so they have built a tool to geographically censor information in the county. This comes from a report from the New York Times.
The goal of the filter is to help the Chinese government become comfortable with Facebook again. While the reentry may not happen for many years, if it does at all, Facebook is doing what they can. China currently has license restrictions and regulations, which have caused the social network site to be blocked since 2009.
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