China. In China, Facebook was blocked following the July 2009 Ürümqi riots because Xinjiang independence activists were using Facebook as part of their communications network. ... But according to the "Blocked in China" website, Facebook is still blocked. However, it is not blocked in Hong Kong and Macau. read more
China turned out the lights on Facebook in 2009, and there are no signs that Beijing plans to restore access to the U.S.-based social media platform. Some analysts trace the ban to riots that broke out in July of that year between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese in the northwestern province of Xinjiang. read more
After a year of negotiations with authorities, Apple began storing user data from China on August 2014 in a local data center managed by China Telecom, one of the country’s state-owned carriers. Uber, LinkedIn, and Evernote have each done the same. Facebook currently stores its user data in Oregon, North Carolina, Texas, and Sweden. read more
Blocked In China - Test if any domain is DNS poisoned in China in real-time. DNS poisoning is one way in which websites can be blocked. Others are IP blocking and keyword filtering. Inside the Firewall: Tracking the News That China Blocks, ProPublica, 17 December 2014. read more
Adding just half of China’s 668 million internet users to Facebook would increase the social network’s total by 20%—and create a lucrative new market for advertising and publishing. But launching Facebook in the Middle Kingdom as it exists in the rest of the world would be nothing short of a miracle. read more
How to Successfully Access Facebook in China. Three Methods: VPN Proxy Tor Community Q&A. One of the big issues travelers face when visiting China are the restrictions that the Chinese government places on internet access. read more