Myanmar: Facebook promotes content urging violence against coup protesters – study

Posts ranging from wanted posters to death threats remain online for months, breaching platform's own standards

Facebook is promoting content that incites violence against Myanmar's anti-coup protesters and amplifies junta misinformation, despite promising to clamp down on the misuse of its platform, according to a study.

An investigation by the rights group Global Witness found that Facebook's recommendation algorithm continues to invite users to view content that breaches its own policies. After liking a Myanmar military fan page, which did not contain recent posts violating Facebook's policies, the rights group found that Facebook suggested several pro-military pages that contained abusive content.