China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. On Facebook, a Platform It Bans at Home

Re:China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. On Facebook, a Platform ... by bognition on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:32PM (#15656072)

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.

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Re:China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. On Facebook, a Platform ... by StreamBright on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:50PM (#15656882)

They also banned it so the Chinese social graph is not leaked out to hostile countries.

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Re:China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. On Facebook, a Platform ... by mtgx on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:37PM (#15656109)

> 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-...

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Re:China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. On Facebook, a Platform ... by penistives on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:33PM (#15656681)

Or 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...

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Re:China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. On Facebook, a Platform ... by est on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @08:37PM (#15659004)

> 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.

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