Incident 169: Facebook Allegedly Failed to Police Anti-Rohingya Hate Speech Content That Contributed to Violence in Myanmar
Description: Facebook allegedly did not adequately remove anti-Rohingya hate speech, some of which was extremely violent and dehumanizing, on its platform, contributing to the violence faced by Rohingya communities in Myanmar.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Facebook and Meta developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Rohingya people , Rohingya Facebook users , Myanmar public , Facebook users in Myanmar and Burmese-speaking Facebook users.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
169
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2018-08-15
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
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YANGON, Myanmar – In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire.
Some 700,000 members of the …
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Dec 6 (Reuters) - Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), formerly known as Facebook, for $150 billion over allegations that the social media company did not take action against anti-Rohingya hate speech that con…
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