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A new report from human rights group Avaaz has found that Facebook is being used as a megaphone for hate, pointed directly at vulnerable minorities.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/facebook-failed-the-rohingya-in-myanmar-now-it-may-be?utm_source=Pew%2BResearch%2BCenter&utm_campaign=5aa9d7e924-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_29_02_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-5aa9d7e924-400
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)So are we to bail and leave a social media vehicle with a billion users to the right? No... I'll continue to make my argument for all to see
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)that have led to the slaughter and death of tens of thousands of Rohingya, and have done nothing to curtail their participation in the genocide that continues today. They knowingly published hate messages to vulnerable groups/areas who had no other source of news. They knew the true identies of some of the posters and did nothing to stop the flow of disinformation. FaceBook has the blood of the Rohingya on the hands. And Zuck knows it.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Someone needs to sue them!