<P> In China , Facebook was blocked following the July 2009 Ürümqi riots because Xinjiang independence activists were using Facebook as part of their communications network . Some Chinese users also believed that Facebook would not succeed in China after Google China 's problems . Renren ( formerly Xiaonei ) has many features similar to Facebook , and complies with PRC Government regulations regarding content filtering . </P>
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Facebook was blocked following the July 2009 Ürümqi riots because Xinjiang independence activists were using Facebook as part of their communications network