Yesterday, Meta/Facebook said, it has expanded and imposed a ban on postings linked to Myanmar’s military including all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses since February.
The following action was declared just a day after a lawsuit was filed by US Lawyers against Facebook seeking over $150 billion for the company’s alleged failure to stop hateful posts against the Rohingya people. The Myanmar military’s brutal campaign in the country’s Rakhine state forced to drove more than 700,000 Rohingya to seek refuge in Bangladesh. Many evidence documents that the military genocidal operation was involved with mass killings, rape and arson.
Rafael Frankel, Asia-Pacific director of policy for Meta said in a statement that, the company was taking action “based on extensive documentation by the international community of these businesses’ direct role in funding the Tatmadaw’s ongoing violence and human rights abuses in Myanmar.”
The military controls major portions of Myanmar’s economy, largely through two big holding companies. Because corporate links are not always clear, Meta said it is using a report compiled by U.N, investigators in 2019 to identify relevant firms.
Also in response to the abuses committed against the Rohingya, Facebook said, in 2018, social media has banned 20 military-linked individuals and organizations including Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.
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