• In Q2 2020, Facebook took action against 280,000 pieces of content in Myanmar for violations of its Community Standards prohibiting hate speech, of which 97.8% were detected proactively by its systems before the content was reported to it
• Since August, electoral, issue and political ads in Myanmar have had to display a ‘paid for by’ disclosure label
• “the tech giant was forced to admit it had not stopped its platform from being repurposed as a tool to drive genocide”
• Facebook says it’s “built a team that is dedicated to Myanmar”
Source: ITpro
