n this file photo taken on December 31, 2021 Rohingya refugees sit on a wooden boat as Indonesian official conduct evacuation at the Krueng Geukueh port in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province after they were rescued by Indonesia's navy in the waters off Bireuen. The United States officially declared March 21, 2022 that violence against the Rohingya committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide, saying there was clear evidence of an attempt to "destroy" the Muslim minority. - AFP
JAKARTA/YANGON, March 22 (AP): A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them.
The report shared exclusively with The Associated Press showed the rights group Global Witness submitted eight paid ads for approval to Facebook, each including different versions of hate speech against Rohingya. All eight ads were approved by Facebook to be published.
