There have long been reports that Facebook developed a content suppression tool for the Chinese market.
Now, new details about the system have surfaced.
Wynn-Williams alleged that Facebook built a censorship system that automatically detected and removed restricted terms in 2015.
“This is all pushed by an employee terminated eight years ago for poor performance.
We do not operate our services in China today.
“This was widely reported beginning a decade ago.
We ultimately opted not to go through with the ideas we’d explored.”
In January, Zuckerbergannouncedthat Meta was prioritizing free speech following the recent US elections.
Meta is also reinstating civic content, which was removed in 2021 due to political misinformation concerns.
