Angry Myanmar activists grab Zuckerberg’s attention on hate speech


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 12 Apr 2018

TNS

YANGON: A whoop of disbelief erupted in the small office used by anti-hate speech activists in Myanmar when they spotted the name that had dropped into their email inbox: Mark Zuckerberg. 

In a week that saw the Facebook CEO field questions in Washington over privacy breaches and election interference, angry online warriors have thrust Myanmar and its volatile social situation into the forefront of the debate on how to fix the platform. 

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