Facebook deletes Tibetan Post

[DrLeftover]

Facebook Deletes Post on Tibetan Monk’s Self-Immolation
27 Dec

A prominent Tibetan writer says Facebook deleted her post on the self-immolation of a monk in Sichuan Province, raising concerns about politically motivated censorship.

Tsering Woeser, who has written several books about Tibet and is a prominent critic of Chinese policies in the region, said she posted a short item about Kalsang Yeshi, a 37-year-old monk who set himself on fire in front of a police station on Dec. 23 in Dawu County, part of the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Sichuan.

Ms. Woeser’s post included a link to a video about Kalsang Yeshi. A message from Facebook said the post had been deleted because it “didn’t meet Facebook’s community standards,” without offering specifics.

Facebook did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Saturday.

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/facebook-deletes-post-on-tibetan-monks-self-immolation/?_r=0

 

[Webster]

Doesn't surprise me; like Google, Facebook wants to get into the Chinese market and one of the conditions that the Chinese usually give to get into their market is for them - if their a media company - to self-censor posts offensive to the Chinese. Case in point: the post above.