Zuck chucks Myanmar military out of Facebook and Instagram
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/02/26/facebook_bans_myanmar_military/
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Facebook's [1]ban does not include government-run essential public service ministries and agencies, such as the Ministry of Health and Sport, or the Ministry of Education.
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Facebook's post cites the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar’s [3]2019 report [PDF], alongside documented human rights abuses, past online misinformation campaigns and incitement of violence by the the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, who seized power in a coup on February 1.
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The Social Network™ says those past abuses, plus violent military responses to protests in Myanmar, and recent violations of Facebook's terms of service mean "the risks of allowing the Tatmadaw on Facebook and Instagram are too great."
Don't forget: Facebook [6]admitted in 2018 it acted too late in Myanmar between 2013 and 2015 to stop the spread of hateful rhetoric on its platform that incited incredible violence towards Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslims.
This latest action comes after the government ordered bans on [7]Facebook , [8]Twitter and Instagram , and [9]drafted laws that allow them to collect customer data from telcos. And it comes amid internet outages that appear to have become a nightly occurrence.
Update: Internet has been cut in [10]#Myanmar for the twelfth night in a row, with national connectivity falling to 14% of ordinary levels from 1 a.m. (local) as per the established curfew-style disruption pattern, severely limiting freedom of expression 📉
📰 [11]https://t.co/Jgc20OBk27 [12]pic.twitter.com/Brl2mV3jZG — NetBlocks (@netblocks) [13]February 25, 2021
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Facebook has of late increasingly shown a willingness to participate in political processes, taking a more aggressive stance on fake news during US elections, deleting President Trump's accounts, throwing its weight around in Australia and now declaring the Burmese Junta does not deserve a platform. ®
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[1] https://about.fb.com/news/2021/02/an-update-on-myanmar
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[3] https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24868&LangID=E
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/23/facebook_and_australia_do_a_deal/
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[6] https://www.theregister.com/2018/08/27/facebook_myanmar_regime/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/04/myanmar_facebook_ban/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/07/myanmar_orders_blocks_of_twitter/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/12/myanmar_draconian_cyber_law/
[10] https://twitter.com/hashtag/Myanmar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Re: Mr. Zuckerberg
He's only done it because he hates competition.
Re: Mr. Zuckerberg
You see, I AM a good person [1]android .
Icon most certainly related
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9f7WD0gKPo
Freedom of expression is not a right, it's granted to you by government.
As usual, the problem is government.
It's article 19 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, so there's that to argue that it is, in fact, a right.
https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/index.html
So is freedom of association but that's not a thing at the moment. Getting arrested for visiting a neighbour.... Yeah. All our rights.
Now do the same for the other governments
“ alongside documented human rights abuses, past online misinformation campaigns”
There are a number of other governments who in recent times have done the above, can they be banned too.
We have recently seen the French president spreading misinformation about the AZ vaccine
We have seen the Scottish government seek to unnecessarily redact key information in law cases
We saw the uk and us government deliberately misinterpret data on wmd so they could invade Iraq again.
Mooing reports of abuses by China
The more you think the more incidences of wrongdoing by governments of all types can be found.
Do Facebook really want to be the editor, judge & jury?
The ramifications of what they are doing could see world governments wishing to put significant restrictions on them as they demonstrate they are not neutral, pick sides and can significantly alter the social conscious of a nation to the detriment of the ruling government regardless of how that government came to power or if sanctioned by its citizens.
The situation in Myanmar isn’t great but facebooks response is feeding into the hands of the militia
Mr. Zuckerberg
You see, I AM a good person.