Showing posts with label Ethnic hate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethnic hate. Show all posts

Friday, June 14, 2019

When Rohingya Refugees Fled to India, Hate on Facebook Followed

The Newyork Times
By Vindu Goel and Shaikh Azizur Rahman
June 14, 2019
 
“Many groups demonized us on Facebook and WhatsApp, and they succeeded in whipping up a strong anti-Rohingya passion,” said Mohammad Salim, a Rohingya refugee in West Bengal, India.CreditCreditShaikh Azizur Rahman
KOLKATA, India — Mohammad Salim, a Rohingya Muslim refugee, thought he had left genocidal violence and Facebook vitriol behind when he fled his native country, Myanmar, in 2013.

But lately, his new home, India’s West Bengal state, has not felt much safer. And once again, Facebook is a big part of the problem.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Facebook still not doing enough to prevent ethnic hate in Myanmar, U.N. investigator says

Market Watch
Published: Apr 3, 2019
By MikeMurphy,Editor


Facebook Inc. has admitted it did not do enough to prevent the incitement of ethnic violence in Myanmar nearly two years ago, but it still has not taken enough steps to stop the spread of hate on its platform, a United Nations investigator says. “Facebook’s actions can only be described as minimal. It was as though the approach was apologize after the fact rather than try to prevent it in the first place.” Christopher Sidoti, U.N. investigator Hatred stoked on Facebook led to a military-led genocide against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority, the U.N. has said.