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, "If Facebook wanted to enter China, it would not have to change its function, because netizens here are used to copycats already, but it must, like other international internet companies, obey Chinese laws and regulations," said Hu Yong, a professor at Beijing University's school of journalism and communication.
Critics already accuse Facebook of failing to protect its members' privacy settings and selling personal data to advertisers. If it was to also sacrifice free debate in order to secure a share of the Chinese market, it is likely to come under even greater fire for lacking business ethics.
The sensitivities are acute. Earlier this year, a group of Chinese activists wrote an open letter to Zuckerberg after their Tiananmen Square protest memorial page on Facebook "Never Forget June Fourth" was closed down. They expressed concern that they were being harassed to placate China's censors, but Facebook administrators insisted the action had been taken because they set up the wrong kind of page.
