Blackouts, China pressure and Facebook's libra unravels: What happened in Silicon Valley this week

Facebook's hot cypto project looked to be unraveling as quickly as it rose to popularity.Even by Silicon Valley standards, this was a weird week.Facebook's

crypto project witnessed the sudden withdrawal of a bunch of marquee members before it even launched. It was one of those weeks when the real-life technology industry felt more absurd than anything Mike Judge could cook up for his HBO satire "Silicon Valley," which just so happens to begin airing its sixth and final season this month.

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Don't sacrifice freedom because of RMB! Hong Kong is an example for selling its freedom already. Don't be another Hong Kong. chinazi StandWithHongKong

Facebook allows many pro China pages to spread fake news to denounce HongKongProtest Shame on Facebook

Don’t bow before Chinese hegemony! The whole free World is under the grasp of this totalitarian regime!

CCPChina on the left while the world on the right. FightForFreedom

As a leading US corporate in social media industry, Facebook should follow the American's norm instead of Chinese! StandWithHongKong antichinazi antitotalitarianism

it’s disappointed if facebook choose money over freedom antichinazi StandWithHongKong BoycottChina

Facebook? Isn't it under the control of CCP for long? The fake news, or more accurately, the propaganda from CCP is flooding on FB. antiChinazi FreedomOfSpeech

Facebook is a great devotee of RMB💵

HKGGlory One side try to bring positive image to u, then on the other hand sold yr privacy. Bxllshit.

Facebook is selling Americans to China. Chinazi AntiChinazi

I don’t understand why the large companies compromised and kneel down to China. Why they’re choosing money over freedom. Please say NO to ccp. antichinazi antitotalitarianism

KC01071997 No more free speech and core values when foreign companies join into China. They will also restrict your free speech on western. Today Hong Kong, world tomorrow. NBA Blizzard Apple StandWithHongKong FreeHongKong

Who is the next victim under ccp

Winnie the Poon is watching u!

I guess free speech has become a joke in America now. Feel sorry for the founding fathers..

Facebook is just tip of the iceberg. 🤦🏻‍♂️

SweatPotato67 so next one bowing to ccp censorship will be Facebook?

Eventually we will live like a pig for real, everyone start to learn mandarin or you might get in trouble in the future, the totalitarian regime have stretched their arm on everything you come across.

Who's next ? Don't let ccp become more stronger antichinazi BoycottChina

RMB should not and never be more crucial than freedom. Say no to chinazi.

RMB is our core value Apple said. StandwithHK

HongKongProtest HongKongProtests

hkerdede Definitely, Facebook is last straw at social media platform willing bent kneel to CCP of spreading propaganda and attack any democracy speak. Obviously?

Free speech, still? BoycottBlizzard BoycottChina BoycottNBA Blizzard standwithmorey FightForFreedom

Our mission at is to build the social media platform that ends fake news

It’s all about the money not the freedom

Going down the drain....

Communism....

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