Has The Middle East Hurt Facebook's China Ambitions?

While debatable, Facebook is rapidly becoming recognized as a vehicle for democracy based on recent events in the Middle East, something that many regimes are not exactly fans of.

While debatable, Facebook is rapidly becoming recognized as a vehicle for democracy based on recent events in the Middle East, something that many regimes are not exactly fans of.

Facebook As A Vehicle For Democracy

Facebook has always avoided taking a position on global events but despite the company’s silence it’s clear that Facebook is a global communication platform which values the single most important aspect of democracy: freedom of speech. While there has long been the argument that Facebook arbitrarily restricts that right based on local laws and their own internal policies (e.g.

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