Facebook builds censorship tool to attain China re-entry: NYT


A Facebook error message is seen in this illustration photo of a computer screen in Singapore June 19, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas White

Facebook Inc has quietly developed a censorship tool that could persuade China to allow the world's biggest social media network to re-enter the world's second largest economy after a seven-year ban, the New York Times reported. 

Facebook developed the software, which suppresses posts from appearing in people's news feeds in specific geographies, with the support of chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, the newspaper said, citing unnamed current and former employees. 

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