Facebook Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Censorship === {{Further|Censorship of Facebook|Censorship by Facebook}} [[File:Facebook censorship.svg|thumb|Map showing the countries that are either currently blocking or have blocked Facebook in the past {{legend|#225ea8|Currently blocked}}{{legend|#41b6c4|Formerly blocked}}]] In many countries the social networking sites and mobile apps have been blocked temporarily or permanently, including [[China]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Robin|last=Wauters|title=China Blocks Access To Twitter, Facebook After Riots|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/china-blocks-access-to-twitter-facebook-after-riots/|website=[[TechCrunch]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=July 7, 2009|access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref> [[Iran]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Iranian government blocks Facebook access|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/24/facebook-banned-iran|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 24, 2009|access-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref> [[Vietnam]],<ref>{{cite news |title=MAP: Here Are the Countries That Block Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/turkey-facebook-youtube-twitter-blocked/ |work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date=March 28, 2014}}</ref> [[Pakistan]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan lifts Facebook ban but 'blasphemous' pages stay hidden |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/31/pakistan-lifts-facebook-ban |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 31, 2010}}</ref> [[Syria]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Syria Restores Access to Facebook and YouTube |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/world/middleeast/10syria.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210033047/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/world/middleeast/10syria.html |archive-date=February 10, 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 9, 2011}}</ref> and [[North Korea]]. In May 2018, the government of [[Papua New Guinea]] announced that it would ban Facebook for a month while it considered the impact of the website on the country, though no ban has since occurred.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook to be banned in Papua New Guinea for a month|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44290012|website=[[BBC News]]|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Facebook announced it would start enforcing its ban on users, including [[Internet celebrity|influencers]], promoting any [[Electronic cigarette|vape]], [[tobacco]] products, or [[weapon]]s on its platforms.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/tech/instagram-influencers-vaping-guns/index.html|title=Instagram influencers can no longer promote vaping and guns|author=Kaya Yurieff|website=[[CNN]]|date=December 18, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page