Wait, what? The link you shared didn’t sound like Facebook is even trying to get into China. And the one reference to them building something with the Chinese govt is a link to a login paywall.
These links are all from 2016 and reference the same leak from FB. Said leaks stressed that these ideas may never be implemented
here we are, 3 years later. It sounds to me like FB discusses the idea and never implemented it. I’m not sure we can fault a company for exploring contingency plans with China...
So what if they are from 3 years ago, and how would you know if these ideas were or aren't being implemented as we speak? My whole point was that FB on one hand claims that it doesn't want to remove provably false content because it is a publisher, but on the other hand is willing to cater to the Chinese government's request for censorship. Seems like FB is merely trying to maximize revenue no matter what the cost.
https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/22/13720092/facebook-china-...
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/technology/facebook-censo...
https://time.com/4581361/facebook-china-censorship-news-mark...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/xiangwang/2016/11/24/doing-busi...