Lin Yunshan, Propaganda Chief to Chinese Government says that Facebook can assume a critical role in shaping up internet development to benefit the population of all countries, should it choose to share its experience with Chinese counterparts.
Facebook creator and CEO was seen in a meeting with Lin Yunshan, in a discussion that would involve the best of both the powerhouses coming together, with Facebook offering its experiences to Chinese companies which would in turn benefitentire populations, as reported by the official Xinhua news agency.
In other news, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tells China Development Forum, "AI won't outstrip mankind that soon."
This news comes from Beijing where Zuckerberg was seen along with Alibaba chief Jack Ma and Managing Director of International Monetary Fund: Christine Lagarde, together attending the China Development Forum.
Internet use can be regulated, efforts made to promote controls that activists complain stifle free expression, says China. It calls for a "governance system" for world's internet.
China is a huge business spot for Facebook, accounting for more than 668 million internet users in 2015 alone. This number is the largest in the world and the market potential in China remains untapped. Facebook is banned in China and Zuckerberg has been asking Chinese leaders in a so far unsuccessful attempt to access the country's user base.
China's internet is closely monitored and controlled, and it is dubbed as the Great Firewall, because of its massive censorships throughout the internet base.
Communist Party's top leadership in China: Liu, had something to say regarding the internet user base of the country. Liu, also a member of the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, recently said that all internet users must acknowledge what privileges they have, and must accept China's e-governance.
Chinese censors, allowing them to effectively police digital and social media, have introduced a new set of regulations.
China's top internet regulator has since repeatedly warned against the risks an untamed cyberspace of the size of the user base of China carries, especially to the domestic security and the government. Also, the government should decide whom to allow into its house.
