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23 Nov 2016

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Al Jazeera News

[video] Will China lift its ban on Facebook?

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...According to a New York Times article, Facebook is now secretly developing software that will allow Chinese authorities to censor certain information on its site - in exchange for being allowed to operate in the country. Rights groups say this is giving into censorship.

Facebook hasn't confirmed or denied this story, but its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has been publicly courting Chinese leaders in recent years. So is the social media behemoth giving into China's crackdown on freedom of the internet? Or is it just about business?

Presenter: Jane Dutton

Guests:

Zennon Kapron - CEO of KapronAsia, market research and consulting firm that analyses technology trends in China.

Einar Tangen - Political and economic affairs commentator.

Stephanie Hankey - Executive Director and cofounder of the Tactical Technology Collective.