据《纽约时报》的一份报告显示，Facebook正致力于研发一种适应中国审查要求的特殊软件。
Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China, according to a report in the New York Times.
该社交网站拒绝承认或者否认此种软件的存在，但在一份声明中，Facebook称正在花时间以更多地了解和学习中国。
The social network refused to confirm or deny the software's existence, but said in a statement it was "spending time understanding and learning more" about China.
一名发言人表示，该公司还未做出在中国采用此方法的决定。
No decisions about the company's approach in the country had yet been made, a spokeswoman said.
电子前沿基金会是一个致力于更好的保护线上隐私的团队，它向BBC透露，这个项目听起来"很令人不安"。
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group which campaigns for better privacy online, told the BBC the project sounded "extremely disturbing".
自2009年起，在中国访问Facebook的唯一途径是通过虚拟专用网络，这款软件的设计旨在欺瞒你的真实位置，避免本地互联网限制。
Since 2009, the only way to access Facebook in China has been via a virtual private network - software designed to "spoof" your real location and avoid local internet restrictions.
Facebook现在总共拥有18亿活跃用户，在现有市场的基础之上，它正积极寻求向世界其它地方扩张。
Facebook, which has 1.8 billion active users, is aggressively looking to expand in parts of the world beyond its existing markets.