Facebook is coming under scrutiny in Myanmar as an unwitting platform for a rising tide of hate speech following a new wave of Buddhist-Muslim bloodshed in the former junta-run country. The social media site is hugely popular among netizens in the once-isolated nation, where it has become the prime means of sharing news and information for a small but growing Internet community. But new freedoms under a quasi-civilian government have opened the flood gates for incendiary Internet comment.
Friday, 11 July 2014
Facebook Becomes Outlet for Religious Anger in Myanmar
Facebook is coming under scrutiny in Myanmar as an unwitting platform for a rising tide of hate speech following a new wave of Buddhist-Muslim bloodshed in the former junta-run country. The social media site is hugely popular among netizens in the once-isolated nation, where it has become the prime means of sharing news and information for a small but growing Internet community. But new freedoms under a quasi-civilian government have opened the flood gates for incendiary Internet comment.
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