Facebook bans Myanmar’s military leader in unprecedented move

Facebook banned senior military accounts including Supreme Commander in Myanmar. This is the first time that we banned national military or political leaders.

In August, Facebook deleted 52 pages and 18 accounts, including Myanmar's highest military director Min Aung Hlaing. This move was made on the same day by a UN investigator who accused the Burmese army of "genocide intent" and issued a statement calling for prosecution of Burma's general. In March this year, the United Nations investigators condemned Facebook to play a "decisive role" in triggering violence against Rohingya, and the United Nations rights officer lamented Facebook as "Beast." Facebook disseminates dissatisfied words and prohibits to induce violence

The savage hatred speech on Facebook by citizens, religious leaders and officials in Myanmar tells the clear intent of genocide. For several years until the attack last year, the military expanded the opponents of Rohingya's people by using the media, robbed them of humanity, fueled the flame of hatred and most people joined the next group Became. Myanmar began spreading mobile phones several years ago, but about 90% of them already own mobile phones. For many people, Facebook is the only source of news and the only website to use on the Internet. Reuters found an erotic image that attacks over 1000 articles, Myanmar's Facebook, Rohingya example

According to a surprising report by the New York Times on 15th October, members of the Myanmar army systematically used フ ェ イ ス ブ ッ ク as government tools to implement ethnic cleansing activities against Muslim minorities in Rohingya, Myanmar . The Times wrote that the army used Facebook for years to spread advertisements of hatred, false news, and stupid posts. This story further strengthens the terrible events of known violence in Burma, but it also complicates the ongoing discussion about Facebook's role and responsibility to disseminate hatred in Myanmar and other developing countries and exacerbate conflict You should.

Today, four years after the riot, Facebook's role in society is drawing attention again in Myanmar and around the world. In the campaign that was launched last year, after extremist attacks the police station, the Burmese army was accused of rape, arson, arbitrary killing of Rohingya Muslim. The United Nations condemned Facebook's behavior in the crisis and global institutions called it a "mark of genocide." As a platform of hate words and false information, Facebook called "to become a beast".