Facebook Admits Platform Used to Incite Hate Attacks in Myanmar
- Company found its platforms used to incite violence in country
- In war-torn Myanmar, Facebook so popular it ‘is the internet’
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A report commissioned by Facebook Inc. it found its platforms were used to incite violence in Myanmar, helping organized groups to conduct sectarian attacks on the country’s Rohingya Muslim population.
The by Business for Social Responsibility, an independent non-profit organization with expertise in human rights practices and policies, found that Facebook is being used to spread hate speech and coordinate harmful acts in Myanmar, whose military has led a campaign of violence against Rohingya.