Facebook accused of promoting violence against Rohingya in Myanmar
03 October 2022 |
6:53 am
Amnesty International accuses Facebook of exacerbating human rights violations in Myanmar. It claims the social network proactively "amplified" anti-Rohingya content back in 2017, when the country's military launched a deadly crackdown on the ethnic minority.
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