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Entering China? I thought the censorship and other legal ramifications of doing that would cripple a western based social network.
by rurounijones 14y ago
Entering China? I thought the censorship and other legal ramifications of doing that would cripple a western based social network.
- heretohelp 14y agoI could see it being a lot like Palestine, with a one-state or two-state solution. The two-state solution would simply have "China Facebook" and "Rest of the world Facebook" with all that implies. The one-state solution would have a "Whole World Facebook" with each gov't (China) being given open season to sensor anything posted by one of their nationals. I could see either approach having a lot of merit. Exposing the Chinese users to the rest of the world as much as possible has some benefit, but so does limiting the degree to which the situation in China is accepted. By making a separate Chinese facebook, you're signaling to other authoritarian gov'ts that they're the exceptional/unpleasant case and would otherwise not be accommodated.
- nicholassmith 14y agoI think it depends on how much they're willing to concede to the Chinese government. If they build it essentially as an island in the rest of the network they might get away with it, it just depends whether Facebook think they'll get a lot of traction for it to be worth doing.