#Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

#Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

“Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya” JAKARTA, Indonesia — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them. The report shared exclusively with The…

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#Warriors’ Chamath Palihapitiya: Uyghur remarks lacked empathy

#Warriors’ Chamath Palihapitiya: Uyghur remarks lacked empathy

“#Warriors’ Chamath Palihapitiya: Uyghur remarks lacked empathy” Chamath Palihapitiya, a venture capitalist who owns two percent of the Golden State Warriors, is walking back remarks he made over the weekend that “no one” cares about the genocide of the Uyghur Muslims in China and neither does he. “In re-listening to this week’s podcast, I recognize…

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#Intel apologizes for Xinjiang ban over Muslim abuse complaints

#Intel apologizes for Xinjiang ban over Muslim abuse complaints

“#Intel apologizes for Xinjiang ban over Muslim abuse complaints” Intel apologized Thursday for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from Xinjiang after the world’s biggest chipmaker joined other foreign brands that face the fury of state media over complaints of abuses by the ruling Communist Party in the mostly Muslim region. Intel’s request was “arrogant…

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#NJ teacher Tamar Herman accused of removing 2nd grader’s hijab speaks out

#NJ teacher Tamar Herman accused of removing 2nd grader’s hijab speaks out

“#NJ teacher Tamar Herman accused of removing 2nd grader’s hijab speaks out” Authorities in Maplewood, New Jersey have opened an investigation into allegations that a teacher “forcibly” removed a second grader’s hijab, an incident the instructor called a misunderstanding. The alleged Oct. 6 incident at Seth Boyden Elementary School touched off an online firestorm after…

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#Chinese detective claims Uyghur prisoners beaten, tortured, raped

#Chinese detective claims Uyghur prisoners beaten, tortured, raped

“#Chinese detective claims Uyghur prisoners beaten, tortured, raped” Chinese authorities subjected Uyghur Muslim detainees to being hanged from cell ceilings, tortured with electric batons and gang-raped by fellow prisoners, a former detective claimed in a bombshell interview. The ex-officer, who was only identified as Jiang over fears the Chinese government would retaliate against his family…

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#8-year-old boy is charged with blasphemy in Pakistan

#8-year-old boy is charged with blasphemy in Pakistan

“#8-year-old boy is charged with blasphemy in Pakistan” An 8-year-old Hindu boy has become the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in Pakistan after he intentionally urinated in the library of an Islamic religious school. The boy is now being held in protective custody and his family is in hiding, the Guardian reported….

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#Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech

#Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech

“#Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech” A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive” statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and other material that violates its rules. The lawsuit, filed by Muslim Advocates in Washington,…

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#World Uyghur Congress pressures International Olympic Committee to move 2022 Olympics out of Beijing

#World Uyghur Congress pressures International Olympic Committee to move 2022 Olympics out of Beijing

“#World Uyghur Congress pressures International Olympic Committee to move 2022 Olympics out of Beijing” The World Uyghur Congress accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of ignoring an ethics complaint it filed last year to move the 2022 Winter Games out of Beijing due to China’s alleged human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims and other minorities.  Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who serves as chair…

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