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Despite Official Ban, Facebook Accessible in China

Posted April 24th, 2012 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
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The social networking site Facebook appeared to be accessible to Internet users in several parts of China Tuesday, despite its usually being blocked in the tightly controlled Communist country. VOA’s Beijing bureau was able to access Facebook early Tuesday using the prefix “HTTPS” instead of the usual “HTTP,” which is a way of accessing websites […]

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Despite Official Ban, Facebook Accessible in China

Posted April 24th, 2012 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
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The social networking site Facebook appeared to be accessible to Internet users in several part of China Tuesday, despite its usually being blocked in the tightly controlled Communist country. VOA’s Beijing bureau was able to access Facebook early Tuesday using the prefix “HTTPS” instead of the usual “HTTP,” which is a way of accessing websites […]

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