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China didn't ban Facebook b/c they don't think it should exist, they banned it b/c its a propaganda engine that they didn't want to compete with. In the world
by bognition 9y ago
China didn't ban Facebook b/c they don't think it should exist, they banned it b/c its a propaganda engine that they didn't want to compete with.
In the world of international jockeying and competition it would be naive to assume they would use a tool like facebook against their economic rivals.
- mtgx 9y ago> they banned it b/c its a propaganda engine that they didn't want to compete with That's a good way to put it. Since China is so in-love with AI, I wonder if we could use AI with the same purpose - spreading "freedom" information in China. Something like this actually happened recently: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-chatbots-communist-party-ruling-critics-peoples-tencent-babyq-little-bing-a7875601.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-chatbots-...
- penistives 9y agoOr maybe it'll just end up spreading racism and denying the Holocaust. Something like this actually happened recently: https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/24/microsoft-silences-its-new-a-i-bot-tay-after-twitter-users-teach-it-racism/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/24/microsoft-silences-its-new...
- StreamBright 9y agoThey also banned it so the Chinese social graph is not leaked out to hostile countries.
- est 9y ago> they banned it b/c its a propaganda engine that they didn't want to compete with No, they banned it because they don't know how to take down posts.