Facebook copy briefly surfaces in North Korea

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36416970

Facebook copy briefly surfaces in North Korea

A clone of the Facebook social media site has briefly appeared in North Korea before quickly going offline.

Hosted on the StarCon.net.kp address in North Korea it had many of the features of other social networks.
It is not clear who created StarCon but it is thought to be a test project for a future service to be offered by the nation's telecoms operator.
Soon after being discovered, the site was hacked and it is now not accessible.

The site was spotted by Doug Madory, a researcher at network management firm Dyn, who said it was rare to see any websites hosted in the secretive nation. The site's name suggested it was linked to North Korea's Star telecom service, he said.

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[pErvinalia]

Yawn. I thought it was going to be an actual copy of current facebook put up subversively.

[JimC]

How many likes will Dear Leader get?

[pErvinalia]

Well Dear Leader has liked Donald Trump. For any undecided voters, that should probably make the decision for them.