BARCELONA .- Facebook has decided to run a veil over the platform role playing in the unrest in various countries of the Maghreb and the Middle East. The direction of the company intends to keep the acquired prominence in the recent demonstrations will attach the label subversive tool for governments to curb the rapid commercial deployment until now has been in the area.
According to sources in the direction of Facebook cited by The New York Times, the network is not willing to yield to the demands of various entities in defense of human rights for the company to provide greater protection for their users to persecution Some government against activists used Facebook to organize.
Most requests agree to request the company to maintain the anonymity of users who use their platform in areas at risk of political persecution. The network will not change its policy of requiring users to register with their real identity, as this is a prerequisite to protect all users against the possibility of fraud, according to Facebook sources have claimed to 'The New York Times.
Vice President Marketing Communications and Facebook, Elliot Schrage, declined to make public assessments about the role of the network during the riots of recent weeks in Tunisia and Egypt, and has merely noted that "Certainly the technology was a tool fundamental, but more important is the courage and determination of the people.
" In contrast with this caution, the United States government has done over the past few hours on praise the role played by social networking sites, in what some media have described the new focus of U.S. diplomacy for the century XXI. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, emphasized that the Internet gives voice to the aspirations of the people, admitting that "what has happened in Egypt and Iran go far beyond the internet.
People protesting feel a tremendous frustration with the political and economic conditions they live by. were expressed and the authorities were arrested, but the Internet did neither of those things. People wrote them. " Facebook has been the most widely used network in the various events in Algeria, Bahrain, Morocco, Syria, Bahrain, Iran and Yemen, and perhaps this has been estranged from his role in the revolt so much better than Twitter or Google.
These companies actively helped the Egyptian protesters to circumvent internet blocking imposed by the authorities through servcicio 'speak2tweet', which allowed exchange of voice messages via Twitter. Various organizations of political activism and defending human rights has been invited to Facebook to join the Global Network Initiative, a voluntary code of conduct for technology companies, established in 2008, which calls for participating companies to take reasonable steps to protect human rights. 
According to sources in the direction of Facebook cited by The New York Times, the network is not willing to yield to the demands of various entities in defense of human rights for the company to provide greater protection for their users to persecution Some government against activists used Facebook to organize.
Most requests agree to request the company to maintain the anonymity of users who use their platform in areas at risk of political persecution. The network will not change its policy of requiring users to register with their real identity, as this is a prerequisite to protect all users against the possibility of fraud, according to Facebook sources have claimed to 'The New York Times.
Vice President Marketing Communications and Facebook, Elliot Schrage, declined to make public assessments about the role of the network during the riots of recent weeks in Tunisia and Egypt, and has merely noted that "Certainly the technology was a tool fundamental, but more important is the courage and determination of the people.
" In contrast with this caution, the United States government has done over the past few hours on praise the role played by social networking sites, in what some media have described the new focus of U.S. diplomacy for the century XXI. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, emphasized that the Internet gives voice to the aspirations of the people, admitting that "what has happened in Egypt and Iran go far beyond the internet.
People protesting feel a tremendous frustration with the political and economic conditions they live by. were expressed and the authorities were arrested, but the Internet did neither of those things. People wrote them. " Facebook has been the most widely used network in the various events in Algeria, Bahrain, Morocco, Syria, Bahrain, Iran and Yemen, and perhaps this has been estranged from his role in the revolt so much better than Twitter or Google.
These companies actively helped the Egyptian protesters to circumvent internet blocking imposed by the authorities through servcicio 'speak2tweet', which allowed exchange of voice messages via Twitter. Various organizations of political activism and defending human rights has been invited to Facebook to join the Global Network Initiative, a voluntary code of conduct for technology companies, established in 2008, which calls for participating companies to take reasonable steps to protect human rights.
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