The last post described the all too common pot/kettle situation with the press. Those screaming ‘fake news’ are the ones causing the problem.
Facebook feigns shock all the while giving China custom censorship tools in exchange for access. Censored news is fake news no matter what weasel words are used to justify it.
Facebook has restricted content in other countries before, such as Pakistan, Russia and Turkey, in keeping with the typical practice of American internet companies that generally comply with government requests to block certain content after it is posted.
But the new feature takes that a step further by preventing content from appearing in feeds in China in the first place. Read the rest of this entry »

