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Days after a coup and the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, the country's military is moving to strangle free speech by shutting down access to social media sites.
Days after a coup and the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, the country's military is moving to strangle free speech by shutting down access to social media sites.
Myanmar Blocks Facebook, Twitter As Anti-Coup Protests Grow People make three-finger salutes during an anti-coup march on Saturday in Yangon, Myanmar. Getty Images / Getty Images Days after a coup and the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, the military in Myanmar is moving to strangle free speech by blocking access to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp. The Internet clampdown came as protests grew Saturday on the streets of Yangon, the country's commercial capital, where thousands turned out to demand the return of the legitimately elected government...
Facebook Oversight Board Overturns Four Content Takedowns in First Ruling Critics called the announcement largely irrelevant given the flood of misinformation, extremism and racism that remains on Facebook. By Associated Press | Updated: 29 January 2021 11:22 IST Facebook admitted it didn't do enough to prevent platform from being used to incite violence in Myanmar Highlights CEO Mark Zuckerberg can't do anything to change the board's decision Oversight board will start accepting public comments on the Trump case Facebook's quasi-independent oversight board is...
Facebookâs Oversight Board makes bizarre ruling in its first group of decisions 2021-01-29 20:00:19 UTC Facebookâs Oversight Board has officially chimed in on its first five cases â and the rulings are certainly interesting. The Oversight Board chose to overturn Facebookâs decision to remove content in four out of the five cases. As a result, Facebook must restore those four posts. The most bizarre decision from the board involved a post that was flagged as "anti-Muslim hate speech." A user from Myanmar posted a picture of a Syrian toddler who drowned while trying to reac...