Censorship tool built as Facebook eyes China: report

In this photo illustration, a man holds an iPad with a Facebook application in an office building at the Pudong financial district in Shanghai, September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has built a tool for geographically censoring posts at the leading social network as it seeks a path back into China, The New York Times reported. 

The New York Times cited three current and former Facebook employees, who asked for anonymity, as saying that the tool could filter news feeds at the social network in specific places.