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Myanmar social media
![Meta Should Pay Reparations to Rohingya Refugees, Rights Group Says Meta Should Pay Reparations to Rohingya Refugees, Rights Group Says](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-08-26-2.jpg)
Meta Should Pay Reparations to Rohingya Refugees, Rights Group Says
By Sebastian Strangio
Amnesty International claims that Facebook was aware that its algorithms were amplifying harmful anti-Rohingya hate speech in Myanmar, but still did nothing to stop it.
![Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Speech Against Rohingya, Report Claims Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Speech Against Rohingya, Report Claims](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-22-002447.jpg)
Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Speech Against Rohingya, Report Claims
By Sebastian Strangio
A leading advocacy group claims that the platform's ability to detect Burmese-language hate speech "remains abysmally poor.”
![Facebook Bans Myanmar Military-linked Companies From its Platforms Facebook Bans Myanmar Military-linked Companies From its Platforms](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-09-005102.jpg)
Facebook Bans Myanmar Military-linked Companies From its Platforms
By Sebastian Strangio
The firm's announcement came a day after a group of Rohingya refugees sued Facebook's parent company for facilitating genocide.
![Reports Expose Myanmar Junta’s Planned Internet Stranglehold Reports Expose Myanmar Junta’s Planned Internet Stranglehold](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-05-19-2.jpg)
Reports Expose Myanmar Junta’s Planned Internet Stranglehold
By Sebastian Strangio
Even if successful, the military's internet plans will deepen its political isolation and economic dysfunction.
![Myanmar’s Unsustainable Social Media Shutdown Myanmar’s Unsustainable Social Media Shutdown](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-04-12-7.jpg)
Myanmar’s Unsustainable Social Media Shutdown
By Pete Hunt
Countries may backtrack on democracy, but never on Facebook usage.
![Myanmar Junta Readies Draconian Cyber-Security Legislation Myanmar Junta Readies Draconian Cyber-Security Legislation](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-02-12.jpg)
Myanmar Junta Readies Draconian Cyber-Security Legislation
By Sebastian Strangio
The draft law is clearly intended to rein in the use of social media by the country's burgeoning Civil Disobedience Movement.
![Social Media Exhibits Its Disruptive Power in Myanmar Social Media Exhibits Its Disruptive Power in Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-8396814646_a61e59d510_b.jpg)
Social Media Exhibits Its Disruptive Power in Myanmar
By Tej Parikh
The dark side of social media – fake news, sectarian divisions, propaganda – is on display in Myanmar.
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