myanmar
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Facebook Invites Journalists To See New ‘War Room,’ Won’t Let Them Ask Workers Questions
Facebook, the social media giant that helped enable genocide and yet is still allowed to exist for some reason, had a big public relations push this weekend. And if the news stories that came out are giving you a sense of deja vu, you’re not alone.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Promotes Tourism To Myanmar, Where Social Media Enabled Genocide
Jack Dorsey, CEO of social media platform Twitter—the company now emblazoned in the public eye as one of the primary mouthpieces of our very loud and angry president—wants you to know how about his powerful experiences with Vipassana meditation techniques. Specifically, his recent experience at a 10-day retreat in Myanmar, a country whose military is…
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Facebook Bans Myanmar Leaders, Admits It Was ‘Too Slow’ To Stop Posts Promoting Genocide
For years, an ethnic cleansing campaign by Myanmar’s Buddhist majority against its Muslim Rohingya has torn the country apart. Facebook has faced scrutiny for its role in the spread of false information that incited violence. On Monday, it announced that it has banned several members of the Myanmar military and organisations that were named by…
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Mark Zuckerberg Emails His Myanmar Critics Directly, They Publicly Blast Back
Mark Zuckerberg took the unusual step of personally writing to critics upset at the way he characterised Facebook’s response to the ongoing civil strife in Myanmar. Zuckerberg apologised for not acknowledging the importance that activist groups had played in stemming the circulation of harmful messages in Myanmar. The groups wasted no time issuing a letter…