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• @amnesty @amnesty on x

  In 2017, @Meta boosted anti-Rohingya hate on the @facebook platform. Now, a group of young Rohingya refugees have filed a human rights complaint against the company for its role in violence against their community. Here's what's happening 👇 https://amn.st/...

• @barnyar Htaike Htaike Aung on x

  We kept warning @Facebook that the problem was one of organized hate. It wasn't going to get solved by translated policies, reporting tools, or guidance on how to behave (they ❤️ responsible social media campaigns). This was window dressing. 👉 https://rh.myanmarinternet.info/ htt…

• @barnyar Htaike Htaike Aung on x

  Starting in 2012, we tried to warn Facebook that their platform was being weaponized against Muslims & Rohingya. At first, they ignored us. Then deflected their responsibility. And eventually became complacent. 👉 https://rh.myanmarinternet.info/ https://twitter.com/...

• @ashleygjovik @ashleygjovik on x

  “Amnesty's analysis of newly available evidence gleaned frm internal docs leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen -the Facebook Papers- enables a shocking new understanding of the true nature & extent of Meta's contribution to harm suffered by the Rohingya” https://www.amnestyusa.…

• @little_a91 Alia Al Ghussain on x

  Why should @Meta pay reparations? Because the company's business model relies on engagement at all costs: the more engaged someone is on @facebook, the longer they will spend scrolling & the more data Meta will collect to target them ads at them & increase company revenue 3/

• @poppymcp Poppy McPherson on x

  From @amnesty's report on the role Facebook @Meta played in the purge of the Rohingya from #Myanmar: 3 pages outlining warnings the company received about its role in driving genocidal hatred and violence. “We warned them at every opportunity. They didn't care.” https://twitter.c…

• @bastianpurrer @bastianpurrer on x

  Imagine that nobody at Meta will go to jail for this https://twitter.com/...

• @riovictoire Victoire Rio on x

  We echo @Amnesty top finding: Facebook wasn't neutral. Its business model fueled hate & disinformation 1. Algorithms amplified hate 2. Paid ads were sold to military and ultra nationalists 3. FB monetization subsidized the emergence of clickbait industry https://twitter.com/...

• @riovictoire Victoire Rio on x

  What role did @Facebook play in the Rohingya genocide? Today, we're releasing a lot more details on what was happening on - and with - Facebook in the years leading up to the Myanmar military clearance operations. 👉 https://rh.myanmarinternet.info/ https://twitter.com/...

• @lukemulks @lukemulks on x

  Pretty sure I get what Amnesty is going for here, but it seems more like propagandists exploiting a promoted content algo, than direct malicious intent by FB. Demanding reparations for that type of platform exploit sets precedent that could be applied to many modern conflicts.

• @lukemulks @lukemulks on x

  Amnesty raises a key point though, which many warned about when it began deploying years ago (myself included). When a company like Facebook begins using drones to provide “free Facebook wifi”, in many countries, Facebook then becomes the de facto internet utility & “Web.”

• @fredguterl Fred Guterl on x

  “... some very narrow minded and very nationalist types escalated hate against Rohingya on Facebook. And the people who were good, in close communication with Rohingya. changed their mind against Rohingya and it turned to hate.” https://twitter.com/...

• @barbaraortutay @barbaraortutay on x

  “We believe that the genocide against Rohingya was possible only because of Facebook. They communicated with each other to spread hate, they organized campaigns through Facebook. But Facebook was silent.” — Muang Sawyeddollah, 21 https://apnews.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Imagine a company that does not change its leadership because of this: “Assessing Meta's contribution to the genocide — which Amnesty concludes was substantial — the report finds that Facebook's ‘content-shaping algorithms’ directly fueled killings and other abuses.” /1

• @barbaraortutay @barbaraortutay on x

  For years, Facebook, now called Meta, pushed the narrative that it was a neutral platform in Myanmar that was misused by malicious people, and that despite its efforts to remove violent and hateful material, it unfortunately fell short.

• @joefree215 Joe Freeman on x

  Major @amnesty report out now calling on @Meta (Facebook) to pay reparations to Rohingya after its dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people in 2017. https://twitter.…

• @dellcam Dell Cameron on x

  NEW: Meta's Toxic Algorithm ‘Substantially Contributed’ To Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar (Amnesty International) A 74-page report describes @Meta's inciting role in the deaths of over 25,000 Rohingya. (Link to full report in article.) https://gizmodo.com/...

• @hajiramirza @hajiramirza on x

  📌 the date! @AmnestyTech @amnesty are releasing a groundbreaking investigation tomorrow (29th of Sep) on how @Meta's algorithms amplified violence against the #Rohingya community in 2017 in #Myanmar https://twitter.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Same thing happening in America, we just have laws for the physical world. “Ultimately, this happened because Meta's business model, based on invasive profiling and targeted advertising, fuels the spread of harmful content, including incitement to violence.” /3 https://twitter.co…

• @ruairiak Ruairí Alfredo Arrieta-Kenna on x

  The report cites an unnamed former Meta employee, who told @amnesty in April that they believed, for Facebook, “If 1,000 people died in Myanmar tomorrow, it is less important than if 10 people in Britain die.” https://twitter.com/...

• @blakersdozen Blake Montgomery on x

  “While the Myanmar military was committing crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, Meta was profiting from the echo chamber of hatred created by its hate-spiralling algorithms.” https://gizmodo.com/...

• @amnestypress @amnestypress on x

  We at @amnesty call on Meta to take responsibility and accept the Rohingya community's demands for reparations. #RohingyaReparations

• @lukemulks @lukemulks on x

  IMO, very strange when clearly recalling how there basically would've been no 2011 Egypt Uprising w/o FB. Events to overthrow the president were coordinated, broadcast and reported via FB. 846 died during. 6467 injured. 300 died after. https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/.…