Facebook owner Meta’s systems contributed to violence against the Rohingya people and Meta owes reparations.
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Facebook news ban raises human rights concerns
Responding to Facebook blocking Australian news sites from being shared on its platform Amnesty International Australia campaigner Tim O’Connor said: “It is extremely concerning that a private company is willing to control access to information that people rely on. “Facebook’s action starkly demonstrates why allowing one company to exert such dominant power over our information …
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Viet Nam: Facebook must cease complicity with government censorship
Facebook must immediately reverse its decision to censor posts deemed critical of the government in Viet Nam, said Amnesty International today. On 21 April, Reuters reported that Facebook has begun to significantly step up its censorship of “anti-state” posts in the country. This follows pressure from the authorities, including what the company suspects were deliberate restrictions placed …
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‘The Great Hack’: Cambridge Analytica is just the tip of the iceberg
It was the scandal which finally exposed the dark side of the big data economy underpinning the internet. The inside story of how one company, Cambridge Analytica, misused intimate personal Facebook data to micro-target and manipulate swing voters in the US election, is compellingly told in “The Great Hack”, a new documentary out on Netflix. …
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