Facebook: A Catalyst for Ethnic Cleansing

In Myanmar, Facebook is the most popular social networking platform. It is so popular that people sometimes mistake it for the internet. Unfortunately, this popularity has led to the rise of hate, fear and disinformation on the app, sometimes targeting ethnic minorities in the country.

This is the story of Facebook and its negative social impact on Myanmar.

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Myanmar: The social atrocity: Meta and the right to remedy for the Rohingya - Amnesty International

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