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Re:Of course Zuckerberg wants to bow to Chinese censorship by loceng on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:15PM (#13038199)
If it's 100% public as to what exactly is being censored: the when, the who, the what, etc - an uncensored list of this - then that'd be a very different situation than something done behind closed doors.

The question of whether we should or how could we trust Facebook or any government if they did publish a list - is it complete or not? How would we know an algorithm isn't reducing it's reach solely because it is on a specific list?

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Re:Of course Zuckerberg wants to bow to Chinese censorship by MaxfordAndSons on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:59PM (#13038563)
I don't understand - obviously they wouldn't publish such a list in China, and what good would it do outside of China? Admittedly, Chinese who break through the GFW would find it useful, but given that I have a hard time imagining the Chinese government accepting FB if they did publish such a list outside of China.
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