Report analyzing 800 Facebook posts about the Assam region in North India finds 26.5% constituted hate speech, and were shared 99K+ times with 5.4M views
A report by campaign group Avaaz examining how Facebook's platform is being used to spread hate speech in the Assam region …
Facebook Failed The Rohingya In Myanmar. Now It May Be Repeating Its Mistakes In Assam 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/ ...
In Myanmar, hate speech on Facebook facilitated ethnic cleansing. Now the company is failing to police hate speech targeting Bengali Muslims in Assam, fueling what is described as another ethic purge. Report from @PranavDixit: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Good to see Facebook is consistent in not only allowing politicians to lie, but also in abetting hate speech against vulnerable minorities https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
‘Facebook is asleep at the wheel.’ Two years after Facebook was used to incite violence in Myanmar, hate speech on the platform is still spreading like wildfire, according to @Avaaz https://time.com/...
Can concur. Most posts I saw on my timeline were about violence, some even had rather graphic violence in them(and reporting them didn't see to do anything). Great work by @riptari and thanks for doing research about a region that is neglected. https://twitter.com/...
“Facebook is failing to prevent another human rights tragedy playing out on its platform, report warns” Facebook is being used as a megaphone for hate, pointed directly at vulnerable underrepresented groups. https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...