Reasons that Facebook does not work in China (Mix)
Facebook does not work in China
because it is banned there. Twitter also got banned in China about the same
time because the government believed that it was a driving force in organizing
mass protests in the country.’ In particular in the Xinjiang Provence. It was expected that once the troubles there
vanished that then the ban would be lifted. Well what happened is that no one
apparently misses Facebook and life can go on just fine without it. There were
neither international protests nor repercussions for the blocking and then
Facebook decided not to continue with any plans into the Chinese market.
Really? Can Facebook really turn its back on millions of people in China? After
all, it is a people site!
Even if Facebook would make an
effort to see what the government demands for respect are and were unblocked,
it is doubtful that it would gain much popularity in China because Chinese
social networking sites already have a strong head start in the country and are
thriving. The damaging riots in Xinjiang
happened back in 2009. It is not just Facebook but all foreign websites are
being banned. It is obvious that the Chinese government wants to control the
speech on the Chinese internet. If they deem something to be “harmful” they
will have someone ready to delete the content. There is no free speech and no
trusting of the people to decide for themselves or even accurate reporting
there.
Is censorship good for a country?
Is it ok if the government just pulls the plug on your power? The one exception
is Wikipedia but even they have restrictions on content. It is just not blocked
in its entirety. It doesn’t help that the translation of the word Facebook
means YOU SHALL DIE in Chinese and that really doesn’t help matters either. The Facebook founder should have thought about
that when he chose the name Facebook for his site!
The ill fate of Facebook in China
is compounded by the fact that there is an old saying in China,” Once the
Emperor Would Like A Minister To Die, The Minister Shall Die.”
It is obvious to continue the ban
so many years later can also be seen as a measure to protect the popular social
networking sites such as Kaixin and Weibo already popular and in full swing
presently being used in China now. The Chinese sites have no interest in losing
market share. The Chinese have similar
policies in place to protect their animation and movie industry. For this reason they block You Tube as well.
The Chinese people have been kept
ignorant about events that shook the world. The people of China do not know about
the Tinmen Square incident where the free world saw the photos of the lone man
who stood in protest in front of a tank. The people of Mainland China have
never seen this photo. China has its own popular sites so they don’t need
Facebook.
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