BREAKING: New report exposes Facebook as “the World’s Engine for Anti-Muslim Violence” — driven by the anti-Muslim views of high-level staff, its support of authoritarian regimes, and its use by hate groups around the world. bit.ly/FacebookIsComp…
In 2015, Mark Zuckerberg promised to make Facebook a “safe environment” for Muslims. Instead, hate on Facebook has jeopardized the lives of millions of Muslims using the platform. #Complicit
The Chinese government, for example, has employed Facebook to justify detaining and torturing over one million Muslim Uighurs by running Facebook ads that cover up its human rights abuses. #Complicit
Our new report shows that Facebook is a chief driver of anti-Muslim violence in 9 countries — from mass murders in India, to attacks in Germany, to riots in Sri Lanka, to massacres in New Zealand, to genocide in Myanmar. #Complicit
Facebook’s own civil rights audit characterized anti-Muslim hate as a “long-standing problem.” The company has been warned about these dangers for years but continues to allow hateful anti-Muslim content by claiming it’s “newsworthy.” #Complicit
Facebook has tactically aligned itself with anti-Muslim authoritarian governments for financial gain. As the company seeks to dominate the Indian market, for example, it’s working with India’s ruling party and protecting their hate speech. #Complicit
Facebook employs high-level staff known to harbor anti-Muslim views — former Sen. Jon Kyl was tapped to audit anti-conservative bias and Facebook’s top India official Ankhi Das protected Hindu nationalist hate speech. #Complicit
As a result of its failure to act, Facebook has become the tool of choice for organizing anti-Muslim and white supremacist violence from Christchurch to New Delhi to Charlottesville. #Complicit
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