#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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#Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for stoking Myanmar genocide

#Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for stoking Myanmar genocide

“#Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for stoking Myanmar genocide” Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Facebook for $150 billion, alleging that the social media behemoth stoked the genocidal attacks against the Muslim ethnic group. The class-action complaint, filed in California on Monday, accused Facebook of failing to police against hateful, anti-Rohingya content on its platform. It…

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#Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook

#Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook

“#Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook” JAKARTA, Indonesia — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in the Southeast Asian nation, internal documents viewed by The Associated Press show. Three years…

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#Danny Fenster, journalist held in Myanmar prison, arrives in NYC

#Danny Fenster, journalist held in Myanmar prison, arrives in NYC

“#Danny Fenster, journalist held in Myanmar prison, arrives in NYC” American journalist Danny Fenster is back on home soil after six months behind bars in military-ruled Myanmar. The Detroit journalist was convicted of spreading false or inflammatory information, contacting illegal organizations and violating visa regulations and was just last week sentenced to 11 years in…

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#For democracy, it’s a time of swimming against the tide

#For democracy, it’s a time of swimming against the tide

“#For democracy, it’s a time of swimming against the tide” The old Nicaraguan revolutionary, with his receding hairline and the goatee that he had finally let turn grey, spoke calmly into the camera as police swarmed toward his house, hidden behind a high wall in a leafy Managua neighborhood. Surveillance drones, he said, were watching…

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#Myanmar bars foreign telecom executives from leaving country

#Myanmar bars foreign telecom executives from leaving country

“#Myanmar bars foreign telecom executives from leaving country” Myanmar’s military junta has told foreign executives of major telecommunications companies that they cannot leave the country without permission. Myanmar’s Posts and Telecommunications Department issued a confidential order in mid-June informing senior executives, both foreigners and Myanmar nationals, Reuters reported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the…

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#Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda

#Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda

“#Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda” Facebook’s recommendation algorithm amplifies military propaganda and other material that breaches the company’s own policies in Myanmar following a military takeover in February, a new report by the rights group Global Witness says. A month after the military seized power in Myanmar and imprisoned elected leaders, Facebook’s algorithms were still…

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