#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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#First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island

#First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island

“#First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island” DHAKA, Bangladesh — Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday sent the first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. The 1,642 refugees boarded seven Bangladeshi naval vessels in the port of Chittagong…

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#Malaysian lawmaker calls for hate speech law after Reuters’ Rohingya report

#Malaysian lawmaker calls for hate speech law after Reuters’ Rohingya report

“#Malaysian lawmaker calls for hate speech law after Reuters’ Rohingya report” KUALA LUMPUR – An opposition lawmaker called on Tuesday for Malaysia to outlaw online hate speech, accusing authorities of downplaying the gravity of an issue highlighted by a Reuters investigation into abuse on Facebook of Rohingya refugees and undocumented migrants. Citing the Reuters report…

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