Further setback for Facebook as Beijing blocks WhatsApp
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Other than Facebook, Instagram, Google, and Twitter, Whatsapp is now added on to the list, attetsing to the formidable Great Firewall of China. By excluding these major Western internet platforms from operating in China, it becomes easier for the Chinese govt to control the flow of information among the Chinese within the country. It helps that the Chinese have their own equivalents of Facebook, Google etc, so they can still share info among themselves; the only drawback is that they do the same with people outside the country, and this may hamper the creativity of the country....
Qn: It is pointless to control the information in the media. To what extent is this true?
Other than Facebook, Instagram, Google, and Twitter, Whatsapp is now added on to the list, attetsing to the formidable Great Firewall of China. By excluding these major Western internet platforms from operating in China, it becomes easier for the Chinese govt to control the flow of information among the Chinese within the country. It helps that the Chinese have their own equivalents of Facebook, Google etc, so they can still share info among themselves; the only drawback is that they do the same with people outside the country, and this may hamper the creativity of the country....
Qn: It is pointless to control the information in the media. To what extent is this true?
posted by Dark Shadow | 1:29 PM
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