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Chinese State Media Criticize Facebook for Deleting Hong Kong Misinformation

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Chinese State Media Criticize Facebook for Deleting Hong Kong Misinformation
The logo of social network Facebook is displayed on a smartphone in France on January 15, 2019. LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images
Nicole Hao
Updated:

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mouthpieces criticized the social media platform Facebook on Sept. 16 for deleting a bevy of accounts that spread false information about the Hong Kong protests.

Meanwhile, the Facebook page belonging to Dot Dot News, a pro-Beijing news site operating in Hong Kong, was shut down.

Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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