{"id":1584,"date":"2018-04-13T12:21:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T12:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aungaungsittwe.com\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2019-01-22T07:13:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T07:13:36","slug":"an-open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-rohingya-need-your-help-to-end-propaganda-against-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aungaungsittwe.com\/an-open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-rohingya-need-your-help-to-end-propaganda-against-them\/","title":{"rendered":"An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg : Rohingya need your help to end propaganda against them"},"content":{"rendered":"
In Senate hearing, you faced blame over violence in Myanmar. Facebook Played \u201cInstrumental\u201d Role in Rise of Burma\u2019s Rohingya Genocide Campaign. Since 1988, Burmese State media has been spreading the propaganda against Rohingya calling them “illegal Bengali from Bangladesh”. State media has used the term “Bengali” to eliminate Rohingya<\/a>.<\/p>\n As Facebook became an effective tool to spread news very quickly, military junta organized special facebook team for hatred and violence. In 2012, Thein Sein government staged violence against Rohingya calling them “illegal Bengali”. As a result, more than 140000 Rohingya became internally displaced persons and they have been being kept in the concentration camps.<\/p>\n In 2016 and 2017, State media used the same propaganda and the ARSA to eliminate the whole Rohingya population. In the name of clearance operation, Myanmar army killed thousands of Rohingya and forced more than 600,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh.<\/p>\n \u201cSix months ago I asked your general counsel about Facebook\u2019s role as a breeding ground for hate speech against Rohingya refugees,\u201d Leahy said. \u201cRecently, U.N. investigators blamed Facebook for playing a role in inciting the possible genocide in Myanmar, and there has been genocide there.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n You cited the language barrier as one of the main obstacles to proper moderation of hate speech and calls for violence.\u201cHate speech is very language specific. You said “It\u2019s hard to do it without people who speak the local language and we need to ramp up our effort there dramatically,<\/a>\u201d\u00a0We know it is very easy for you by blocking those who are committing Rohingya Genocide.<\/p>\nThe term “Bengali” is the most effective propaganda to continue Rohingya Genocide. We all need your help to block all media which use the term “Bengali” for “Rohingya” including State’s Media to end Rohingya Genocide.<\/strong><\/h5>\n