U.N. human rights experts investigating a "possible genocide" in Myanmar are blaming Facebook for their role in "spreading hate speech." The criticism, levied on Monday, is a fairly transparent example of the ongoing push to force social media platforms to monitor and regulate opinions deemed unfavorable or controversial (prior to the 2020 U.S. election, we assume, which Putin and Russian spies have surely hacked already).
Facebook did not immediately respond to the criticism, however the company has previously said it has made efforts to remove hate speech in Myanmar and block people who have consistently shared such content.
More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state into Bangladesh since insurgent attacks sparked a security crackdown last August. Many have provided harrowing testimonies of executions and rapes by Myanmar security forces.
The U.N. human rights chief said last week he strongly suspected acts of genocide had taken place. Myanmar’s national security adviser demanded “clear evidence”. -Reuters
Lawyer and former Attorney General of Indonesia, Marzuki Darusman - who chairs the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, says that social media had played a "determining role" in Myanmar.
“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,” he said.
It should be noted that Darusman came under fire in 2011 over a "discredited" report claiming that more than 40,000 civilians were killed in crossfire between Sri Lankan authorities and the Tamil Tiger rebels - with the Sri Lankan government calling the report "erroneous and replete with conjecture and bias."
The Darusman Report’s assertion that ‘a range of up to 40,000’ civilian deaths during the last phase of the war ‘cannot be ruled out,’ was reported in the media as if it was a factual statement that 40,000 civilians died. Some reports went further citing this ‘UN Report’ as having found that ‘over 40,000’ had been killed. -Daily Mirror
Facebook was a large part of public, private and civil life in Myanmar - used by the government to disseminate information to the public.
“Everything is done through Facebook in Myanmar,” says U.N. Myanmar investigator Yanghee Lee, nothing that while Facebook had helped the impoverished country, it had also been used to spread hate speech.
“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,” she said. “I’m afraid that Facebook has now turned into a beast, and not what it originally intended.”
A prominent critic of Islam, Myanmar monk named Wirathu emerged from a one-year preaching ban on Saturday and claimed that his anti-Muslim sentiment had nothing to do with violence in Rakhine state.
Facebook says it suspends and will sometimes remove any user "consistently shares content promoting hate," when asked last month about Wirathu's account.
“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.”
(*cough* especially before the 2020 U.S. election *cough* as deemed by the hyper-liberal Facebook thought police at the ADL)
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Fuck putin and facebook.
aren’t they both up for re-election?
striking similarities...
-kill dissent.
-you will be ruled by force.
-pay up or you’re gone.
-privacy is not your right.
Destroy your communities...!
vote putin and facebook!
ps.
suck my hairy American balls you faggot progressive socialist communist marxist antifa blm anti-American ZH dooooshbags!
Laughable to say the least and an obvious scapegoat, however, Facebook is still shit.
https://goldsilverliberty.blogspot.com/2018/03/listen-silence-is-deafen…
In reply to Fuck putin by Fascal Rascal …
If what is happening to whites in South Africa isn't considered genocide, then neither is this.
Open season.
In reply to Laughable to say the least… by Cash2Riches
Maybe Myanmar can charge for "helicopter hunting" tours.
In reply to If what is happening to… by tmosley
I swear, next they'll be throwing babies out of incubators.
China would like to build a pipeline from Rahkine State up to China, bypassing the Straits of Malaca bottleneck. Then widespread violence breaks out. Burma can defend their country, again.
In reply to Maybe Myanmar can charge for… by ACP
The problem is: What Liberals consider "hate", is anything they don't agree with.
99% of the time there is nothing hate about it; the Liberals just get their panties in a wad over some conservative or independent telling the truth.
Always Remember - Truth to a Liberal, is about as welcome as Light to a Vampire.
In reply to If what is happening to… by tmosley
Got to wonder if this isnt just muslims playing their victim card.
... let's face it ... we're talking Buddhists here.
In reply to The problem is: What… by The First Rule
Buddhists running the last Stalinist type communist dictatorship, now that Fidel is deal, and Kim is making friends with Trump.
In reply to Got to wonder if this isnt… by css1971
There is no oil and gas pipeline going to China in South Africa.
https://steemit.com/politics/@whitneywebb/oil-gas-geopolitics-guide-us-…
https://file.ejatlas.org/img/Conflict/shwe-gas-field-and-pipeline/4.-sh…
https://i0.wp.com/www.whaleoil.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170515_…
In reply to If what is happening to… by tmosley
The only one that needs to get fucked here, clearly is you... so go get it done!
Ps: lmao
In reply to Fuck putin by Fascal Rascal …
You had that comment all types up and waiting for the right article, didn't you? Being first is always suspicious : being first AND reactionary just makes you look like you need a real job, instead of this sad, pathetic cubicle dwarf existence you seem to be suffering. Get out, smell the flowers, get laid. Anything to get away from the bitter tedium of posting propaganda shift after shift, just to eke out the end of your service. I suppose they promised you a medal?
In reply to Fuck putin by Fascal Rascal …
A medal and a potato.
In reply to You had that comment all… by OverTheHedge
I wish someone would tell these people what happened to the Red Guard in the end...
In reply to You had that comment all… by OverTheHedge
How bout fuck YOU and fuck facebook.
And suck your momma's balls while you're at it.
In reply to Fuck putin by Fascal Rascal …
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buddhists doing it again in Sri lanka.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/sri-lanka-condemns-anti-muslim-v…
These guys need to meditate or something. buddha does not condone violence in any form.
In reply to The rohingya deserve to be… by coaltar
Maybe they did meditate, realized that if they don't get rid of the Muslims, the Muslims will kill them all, and acted appropriately.
If you look up the history of the Royhinga you might wonder why they waited so long. There's no such thing as peaceful co-existence with people who behave like that.
In reply to buddhists doing it again in… by man of Wool
fb, a horrible organization! Hope the regulators cut them down to size!
Zuck needs to be perp-walked to the World Court and charged with crimes against humanity. And that's just for what his app does to a person's mind when used.
In reply to fb, a horrible organization!… by PunchyBinThinkn
Suckerborg, realizing it's hard out there for a pimp, and dropping his geriatric socalled media stocks like it's hot lol
In reply to Zuck needs to be perp-walked… by GeezerGeek
I can't imagine sane people still going on Facebook. If you haven't learned by now, I'm not sure you can be helped.
The wife of a periodontist I know, left him and their two kids. Just took off one day while he was working and the children in school.
She left a long letter saying she’d “met my soulmate on facebook,” that she was in love and was running away to be with him.
People today are fuckin’ crazy.
In reply to I can't imagine sane people… by NoDebt
Damn sad, but I bet the kids and father are better off without her!
In reply to The wife of a periodontist I… by Lost in translation
Same thing happened to an old friend. His wife told him he'd been a great husband and dad, but she reconnected with her high school boyfriend on Fakebook, and was leaving him.
In reply to The wife of a periodontist I… by Lost in translation
People today are fuckin’ crazy.
People's always been fuckin’ crazy.
In reply to The wife of a periodontist I… by Lost in translation
social media should be considered a public accommodation therefore its users have every right under the bill of rights intact.
Including right to privacy?
In reply to social media should be… by besnook
yes. think about it. social media is just a very sophisticated communication device, a super telephone. there was never any question about privacy with a simple phone why should there be any question just because the method of phoning (or, for that matter, writing a letter) is different. it is still a phone that you wish to have a private conversation on and you should have the right to under the constitution and telephone privacy rulings.
In reply to Including right to privacy? by bluskyes
Why are the hardware manufacturers not getting blamed? Their kit is running Facebook - you can't have hatespeech without a screen to swipe, now can you?
This is beyond stupid: blame the messenger, not the message. I know we all hate Facebook, but does Facebook post racist messages, or do people post racist messages? Do guns kill people, or do people kill people?
Personally, I think all Apple products should be banned immediately. Just because.
In reply to yes. think about it. social… by besnook
There is no right to privacy. Rather, it is property rights that create the expectation of privacy - on your own property.
With FB or any other venue you don't own, there can be no expectation of privacy, any more than scribbling on a bathroom wall at a truck stop. Which, you know, is basically what FB is.
In reply to Including right to privacy? by bluskyes
The whole concept of a private business being considered a public accommodation is repulsive. The Feds should only be regulating interstate commerce - goods and data flowing across state borders. Facebook sends data across state lines and could be regulated on that basis.
The Constitution really does not address this sort of business and the discriminatory practices it uses. I'm torn between my disgust with Farcebook and my desire for adhering to the Constitution.
In reply to social media should be… by besnook
i don't care for the public accommodation loophole to regulate business either, but the loophole can be used for good things as long as it is law.
In reply to The whole concept of a… by GeezerGeek
GG - we don't have free markets. We have extensive government meddling for example. If we had a Consitutional government, we would not have The Fed and we would not have this meddling.
Kroney Capitalism is the corrupt issue that arises from government meddling. So for example, the Feds started Google and Facebook and many other enities. Support from the Feds for the Feds chosen winners makes significant barriers to entry to competing entrepreneurs. In short, the unconstitutional meddling by the Feds is the problem, not a flaw of omission in the Constitution.
In reply to The whole concept of a… by GeezerGeek
People are much more vulnerable than they think they are online. The psychopaths have access to a much larger audience now than they ever did before.
Facebook, the modern face of tribalism ...
https://roacheforque.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-rituals-of-tribalism.html
I got banned for my vagina metaphors.
I thought murder would be too crass.
Hate Speech = censorship
This absurd assertion of Facebook's culpability isn't about score points with the Myanmar cause. It's about attempting to falsely establish precedent where Facebook can be held liable for user content, providing the context for Facebook to clamp down on everything that isn't Deep State approved.
hate speech is not real. persuasive or mean words don't cause genocide. jesus fuck!
Sticks and stone may break my bones but words will never hurt me. But if you say anything I find objectionable I will make you pay dearly for using those words by having Daddy sue you. That's after I manage to crawl out of my safe space. And you'll have to pay for my psychiatrist, too.
So there!
In reply to hate speech is not real… by dietrolldietroll
Meanwhile millions of "refugees" destroy western civilization.
Oh. My bad. They're white.
The muslims managed to piss off a whole nation of Buddhists. I have no sympathy for the muslims.
The real, fundamental problem is that Bangladesh is a population time bomb. Burma just happens to unluckily share a border.
In reply to The muslims managed to piss… by Jethro
“I’m afraid that Facebook has now turned into a beast, and not what it originally intended.”
No... That's EXACTLY what it originally intended.
Meh...ban faceybook for all I care. I've read that there is another alternative so banning people will do nothing.
Ha! Zuck you, Fuckerburg! I hope they arrest you for " war crimes!"
"Diversity" seems to be, and always has been, a failure pretty much anywhere. Been that way long before bookface.
Exactly Moe! That's why Nation-wreckers push it so goddamned hard. They are destroyers. Wolves in sheep's clothing.
In reply to "Diversity" seems to be, and… by Moe Howard
Actually membership in Farcebook is a good way to tell idiots from people with a functioning brain. Anyone who references their Farcebook page or suggests I visit it is automatically placed on my quarantine list.
All or nothing. Either leave FB a free for all or shut it down.
Fuck censorship.
Pagination