The New York Times cited three current and former Facebook employees, who asked for anonymity, as saying that the tool could filter news feeds at the social network in specific places. Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has supported the effort to build the tool for censoring posts, according to the New York Times story. Facebook restricted content in a score of countries in the second half of last year, according to the most recent transparency report released by the California-based company. In France, Facebook restricted content reported under laws prohibiting denying the Holocaust or condoning terrorism the transparency report said. The sources cited by the New York Times cautioned that the censorship software was among many ideas being mulled as Facebook seeks a way back into China and may never be deployed.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 23, 2016 02:43 UTC