UN is Investigating Facebook’s Role in Genocide of Muslims in Myanmar

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Facebook is under scrutiny yet again as United Nations human rights experts are investigating the possible role of the social media giant in Myanmar crisis.

UN is investigating the role Facebook had in spreading hate speech against the Muslim minority and genocide in Myanmar.

The Rohingya Muslims

Facebook was heavily criticised for not vetting and controlling the hate speech content on its platform. Facebook responded previously by saying that the company is working to remove the hate speech content and block the people who share such stuff.

The Rohingya Muslim crisis first started when more than 650,000 Muslims were forcefully made to leave Myanmar and take refuge in Bangladesh.


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Thousands of Muslims were killed by State-backed personnel in one of the worst genocides in recent history. As per reports, Myanmar security forces executed and raped several civilians, leaving them with no option but to leave their homeland.

Social Media’s Role

Marzuki Darusman, chairman of the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, talking about the role of social media in Myanmar crisis said;

It has substantively contributed to the level of acrimony and dissension and conflict, if you will, within the public. Hate speech is certainly, of course, a part of that. As far as the Myanmar situation is concerned, social media is Facebook, and Facebook is social media.


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Another U.N. investigator Yanghee Lee on Myanmar crisis told that Facebook was used by Myanmar government to spread the information to the public. Facebook is the most popular social media platform used by the people of Myanmar.

She further added that Facebook helped the country, however, the platform was used to spread hate speech as well. Lee said;

Everything is done through Facebook in Myanmar. It was used to convey public messages but we know that the ultra-nationalist Buddhists have their own Facebooks and are really inciting a lot of violence and a lot of hatred against the Rohingya or other ethnic minorities.


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Many people questioned Facebook’s user policy asking why Facebook hasn’t suspended Wirathu’s account. Facebook responded by saying;

If a person consistently shares content promoting hate, we may take a range of actions such as temporarily suspending their ability to post and ultimately, removal of their account.

Wirathu is one of the prominent monks who has spoken against the minorities in most of his speeches. He served a one-year ban from preaching as well.

Yanghee Lee was not impressed by Facebook’s ineffective role in stopping the spread of hate speech. She said;

I’m afraid that Facebook has now turned into a beast, and not what it originally intended.

Via Reuters


  • What did we expect from a Mossad agent? and a media control tool called Facebook which is run by Mossad?
    And to all the idots who are going to call this a conspiracy, try reading up and becoming knowledgeable before commenting — for help try delving into research on what is Cambridge Analytica, and what is their role in “electing governments” — that too was considered conspiracy theory before. . .
    What do you guys think they do with terabytes of personal information they collect on all of you?

  • FB has reputation of being biassed to Muslims. Incase of Hamza Ali Abbasi’s post about Burhan
    Wani or Charlie Habdo they were quick to block his account. But here they failed to facilitate such criminal minded, racist Buddhist Monks.


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