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Md. Kamruzzaman
DHAKA, Bangladesh
04.11.2020
Ahead of general elections, state-sponsored hate speech, fake news, incitement to violence have mar campaigns, says report
A new study on the ongoing general election season in Myanmar documented cases of social media hate speech and disinformation by authorities against the country's minority communities.
The study, released on Wednesday by the UK-based Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN), reported 39 cases of hate speech and disinformation, of which some were shared over online platforms more then 2,000 times.