Myanmar groups criticise Zuckerberg's response to hate speech on Facebook

Groups that have worked with Facebook to flag dangerous content reveal it took more than four days for it to respond when messages started circulating

A consortium of civil society, human rights and monitoring groups in Myanmar have criticised Mark Zuckerberg's response to the spread of hate speech on the platform and accused the social media giant of failing to act quickly enough to curtail dangerous messages that incited violence inside the country.

Earlier this week, Zuckerberg told Vox Facebook's systems had detected a pair of chain letters spreading around Myanmar on Facebook Messenger last year. One warned of an imminent attack by Muslims on 11 September.