The mystery of the communist, the golden steak and the blocked hashtag
Why did top Vietnamese official let himself be filmed guzzling a R30,000 treat? And why did Facebook block the footage?
09 November 2021 - 20:11
Facebook’s parent company said on Tuesday it had unblocked the hashtag for celebrity chef Nusret Gokce’s nickname “#saltbae”, having found the tag had been blocked globally days after a video was posted online of Gokce feeding a gold-encrusted steak to a senior Vietnamese Communist Party official in London...
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