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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nicjosh83" data-source="post: 26519344" data-attributes="member: 569114"><p><h2><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Censorship_of_Facebook&action=edit&section=2" target="_blank">Edit</a></h2><h3>Austria<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Censorship_of_Facebook&action=edit&section=3" target="_blank">Edit</a></h3><p>Main article: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Austria" target="_blank">Internet censorship in Austria</a></p><p>Like France and Germany, Austria has laws prohibiting <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial" target="_blank">Holocaust denial</a>. This caused 78 Facebook posts to be banned from the country in 2013.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#cite_note-:0-10" target="_blank">[10]</a></p><p></p><h3>Bangladesh<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Censorship_of_Facebook&action=edit&section=4" target="_blank">Edit</a></h3><p>See also: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Bangladesh" target="_blank">Blasphemy law in Bangladesh</a></p><p>Bangladesh (like Iran, China and North Korea) had banned Facebook before - the Bangladeshi ban operated for a short period of time.[<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" target="_blank">when?</a>]The <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awami_League" target="_blank">Awami League</a>-led <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Bangladesh" target="_blank">government of Bangladesh</a> announced a countrywide ban on Facebook and other social-network websites. Prime Minister <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" target="_blank">Sheikh Hasina</a> (in office from 2009) proposed the establishment of an <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_surveillance" target="_blank">Internet monitoring</a> committee with the help of Bangladesh's intelligence services. Right-wing political parties and groups in Bangladesh protested against bloggers and others they had considered "blasphemous" at the time of the proposal. Extremists in the country had <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_secularists_in_Bangladesh" target="_blank">murdered eight secularists</a>, including atheist blogger <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Rajib_Haider" target="_blank">Ahmed Rajib Haider</a>, who was fatally stabbed in February 2013. National riots over the country's war-crimes trials resulted in the deaths of 56 people between 19 January 2013 and 2 March 2013.</p><p></p><p>On 18 November 2015 the same Awami League government banned Facebook again on the eve of the final judgement of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami" target="_blank">Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami</a> leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Nationalist_Party" target="_blank">Bangladesh Nationalist Party</a> leader Salauddin Kader Chowdhury. Both the politicians and previous minister have been issued a death sentence by the War Criminals Tribunal and the review board of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has finally given their judgement in favour of the previously given one.</p><p></p><p>The Bangladesh government lifted the ban on 20 December 2015.</p><p></p><h3>China<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Censorship_of_Facebook&action=edit&section=5" target="_blank">Edit</a></h3><p>Main article: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China" target="_blank">Internet censorship in China</a></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" target="_blank">In China</a>, Facebook was blocked following the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2009_%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi_riots" target="_blank">July 2009 Ürümqi riots</a> because <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Turkestan_independence_movement" target="_blank">Xinjiang independence activists</a> were using Facebook as part of their communications network, and Facebook denied giving the information of the activists.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a> Some Chinese users also believed that Facebook would not succeed in China after <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China" target="_blank">Google China</a>'s <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora" target="_blank">problems</a>.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[12]</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renren" target="_blank">Renren</a> (formerly Xiaonei) has many features similar to Facebook, and complies with PRC Government regulations regarding content filtering.</p><p></p><p>As of 20 August 2013, there have been reports of Facebook being partially unblocked in China.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[13]</a>However, according to the "Blocked in China" website, Facebook is still blocked as of December 7, 2019.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[14]</a> Facebook is not blocked in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong" target="_blank">Hong Kong</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau" target="_blank">Macau</a>, which are the autonomous zones. Facebook is currently working on a censorship project for China, where a third party would be allowed to regulate on Facebook and control popular stories that come around. This would be a huge attempt on Facebook to get back into China.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[15]</a></p><p></p><p>On 6 July 2020, Facebook announced that the company would stop reviewing requests from Hong Kong for user data while the companies evaluated <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_national_security_law" target="_blank">Hong Kong national security law</a>imposed by the Chinese government.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16]</a></p><p></p><h3>Egypt<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Censorship_of_Facebook&action=edit&section=6" target="_blank">Edit</a></h3><p>Main article: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Egypt" target="_blank">Internet censorship in Egypt</a></p><p>Facebook in Egypt was blocked for a few days in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" target="_blank">Egypt</a> during the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests" target="_blank">2011 Egyptian protests</a>.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook#cite_note-inaccessible_in_Egypt-17" target="_blank">[17]</a></p><p></p><h3></h3></blockquote><p></p>

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