Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Speech Against Rohingya, Report Claims

“A new report claims that the social media giant Facebook is still failing to detect hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, years after such behavior was found to have played a central enabling role in their persecution.

In a report published on March 20, the London-based watchdog Global Witness details how it tested Facebook’s safeguards by submitting eight paid ads to the social media network for approval, each including different versions of real-world hate speech copied from a United Nations report.”

Sebastian Strangio writes for The Diplomat.

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