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To: FJB who wrote (988915)	12/19/2016 8:28:41 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 1570062

Despite Media Freak, 'Fake' Sites Have Few Readers... Doing Business the Chinese Way: FACEBOOK Develops Censorship Tool... After seven years being banned in China, Facebook learned its lesson—Do business the Chinese way. According to the New York Times, Facebook has developed a censorship tool to restrict contents from appearing in feeds, hoping to re-enter the Chinese market, where many other tech companies including Google and Twitter failed in the past. It is likely Facebook would provide a third party with this censorship tool for monitoring posts, instead of censoring feeds itself. The company may partner with a Chinese firm, utilizing local expertise and connections in negotiating with Beijing. A Facebook spokeswoman said the company had not made decisions on its China re-entry plan. Now, let’s rewind and shift to Facebook’s fake news controversy back home in the U.S. Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined the company’s plan on fighting fake news. In his post Zuckerberg mentioned Facebook’s commitment to “getting this right” and not being “arbiters of the truth,” where the company does not want to discourage users to share opinions or mistakenly restrict accurate content. ...