Facebook rejects request to release Myanmar officials’ data for genocide case


File photo of Gambia's Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou talking to the media outside the International Court of Justice after a ruling in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan 23, 2020. - Reuters

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters): Facebook has objected to a request from Gambia, which has accused Myanmar at the World Court of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, to release posts and communications by members of Myanmar's military and police.

The social media giant urged the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday to reject the demand, which it said would violate a Us law that bars electronic communication services from disclosing users' communications.

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