Failing to do so here would compound the tragedy that has befallen the Rohingya. Yet it has stumbled at the next step, sharing that content. It took the first step by deleting the content that fueled a genocide. Its response to The Gambia’s application seems at odds to its 2018 statement.Īccording to reports, the court criticized Facebook for failing to disclose the data stating: “Facebook can act now.
District Court for the District of Columbia followed a 2018 admission by Facebook that it failed to prevent its platform’s use to “foment division and incite offline violence.” Facebook admitted that it “can and should do more.” Its admission was posted in response to a report which recommended that Facebook “preserve and share data where it can be used to evaluate international human rights violations, and that the company publish data specific to Myanmar so that the local and international community can evaluate progress more effectively.” Nonetheless, in August 2020, Facebook objected to The Gambia’s June 2020 request for disclosure.
Meanwhile, The Gambia was ordered to produce its written submissions by July 2020, with Myanmar to respond by January 2021. It brings together subject matter experts from across the company, including Myanmar nationals with native language skills, so we can monitor and respond to any threats in real time. Our Integrity Operations Center has been running around the clock since the coup began. Under the terms of the order, Myanmar is to report regularly on its implementation of the order. Facebook is treating the situation in Myanmar as an emergency. The order is an interim step, put in place to protect the Rohingya while the case continues. In January 2020, the ICJ issued the requested provisional measures, ordering Myanmar to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya Muslims. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention).
The application alleges that the Government of Myanmar has been involved in atrocities against the Rohingya Muslims, which include “killing, causing serious bodily and mental harm, inflicting conditions that are calculated to bring about physical destruction, imposing measures to prevent births, and forcible transfers, are genocidal in character because they are intended to destroy the Rohingya group in whole or in part” in violation of the U.N. Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in the Southeast Asian nation, internal documents viewed by The Associated Press show. In November 2019, The Gambia submitted a request to the ICJ for provisional measures of protection.