Description:
"It is still unclear whether Myanmar Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is more upset by a United Nations report that recommends he be charged and tried for ?genocide” for his military?s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, or Facebook?s coincident decision to shutter his account for disseminating information the company said ?enabled serious human-rights abuses in the country.”
Yangon-based observers suggest that being shunned by Facebook could be more damaging for the loss of face it caused the military in a nation where the platform is hugely popular. Min Aung Hlaing?s account, along with other military-run pages such as the Myawady television network and Myanmar Daily Star newspaper, had more than six million combined subscribers..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times"
Date of Publication:
2018-08-30
Date of entry:
2018-11-20
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
