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Article

3 Jun 2011

Author:
Human Rights Watch

Facebook: Safeguard Users Before Entering China Market

In a letter to…Facebook…Human Rights Watch warned the company that it could become complicit in government censorship and efforts both to stifle online organizing and obtain the personal information of cyber-activists or online critics of the Chinese government. Facebook…has not formally responded to the question of how it will safeguard human rights online in China and elsewhere. "Facebook has enabled millions of people to exercise their rights in the Middle East," said Arvind Ganesan, business and human rights director at Human Rights Watch. "It would be a tragedy if Chinese users find themselves in danger for speaking their minds on Facebook or because they ‘like' human rights."….More troubling perhaps…a statement by Adam Conner, a Facebook lobbyist [:]..."Maybe we will block content in some countries, but not others,"…"We are occasionally held in uncomfortable positions because now we're allowing too much, maybe, free speech in countries that haven't experienced it before."