Tag: Facebook
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A year of hate speech and Facebook moderation in Myanmar
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A decade after the worst anti-Rohingya incitement on social media, and a year after Facebook announced it was reducing some moderation, HRM monitored over 600 hate speech posts across Facebook, Telegram, and TikTok to assess how the platforms responded. This Pulitzer-supported report focuses on Facebook, where half the hate posts were deleted while HRM watched,…
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200 million datapoints show general public still rejects military rule
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Our recent report on the military’s suppression of independent media during Myanmar’s elections included a rare, data-driven picture of public attitudes toward military rule since the 2021 coup, based on sentiment analysis of 194.7 million Facebook reactions.
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News audience suppression under Myanmar’s digital coup
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Military shutdowns, blocks, surveillance, and rising costs have cut public access to independent media by 48%. Yet, 12 billion data points show most people distrust the military and actively avoid its propaganda, reflecting a resilient public sentiment.
