Papua New
Guinea will ban
Facebook for one month
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Despite an
international apology tour for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, not every country is accepting Facebook's "I'm Sorrys."
Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister Sam Basil told his country's
Post Courier that citizens can expect a month-long shutdown of Facebook. The government
will block access to the site for a
month in order to assess the benefits versus risks of
Facebook for PNG citizens, particularly around pornography and fake accounts.
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"The time
will allow information to be collected to identify users that hide behind fake accounts, users that upload pornographic images, users that post false and misleading information on
Facebook to be filtered and removed," Basil said. "This
will allow genuine people with real identities to use the social network responsibly."
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