Myanmar army behind Facebook pages spewing hate speech: UN probe


A UN report finds that the military had in a "systematic and coordinated" manner "spread material designed to instil fear and hatred of the Rohingya minority". - AFP

GENEVA: Myanmar's military was behind dozens of seemingly unrelated Facebook pages spewing hate speech against the Rohingya prior to its dramatic 2017 crackdown against the mostly Muslim minority, a UN probe found Wednesday (March 27).

Facebook has long been accused of helping spread vast amounts of hate speech against the Rohingya before hundreds of thousands of them were driven into neighbouring Bangladesh in a crackdown now subject to a UN genocide investigation.

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