Why selling out to sell to China is not Mark Zuckerberg’s smartest move
Taipei — So, Zuck is doing what he can to stamp out fake news. He’s also hard at work building a censorship system that would allow Facebook to enter China. FacInsert any number of jokes here. Except, it’s no laughing matter. Mark Zuckerberg is an innovator. And he’s also brilliant. So if anyone can pull off some kind of process that will filter and deliver content targeted for specific audiences, it’s him. After all, he’s been doing it for years. (What, you didn’t know?!) Differentiating fake news from real news is one thing. Sorting Chinese news from uncensored news is another matter. Year China blocked the world’s largest social network: 2009 Google and Twitter are among the Western companies that decided not to even embark on that endeavour, choosing instead to miss out on Asia’s biggest economy and remain available to the 81% of the global population not governed by the People’s Republic. There are three reasons for Facebook, or any internet company, to be in China: display Chi...
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