Facebook removes top Myanmar military officials, others


FE Team | Published: August 27, 2018 16:12:19 | Updated: August 28, 2018 11:16:55


Facebook removes top Myanmar military officials, others

Facebook is removing certain Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram account to prevent the spread of “hate and misinformation” after reviewing the content.

“Specifically, we are banning 20 Burmese individuals and organisations from Facebook — including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the military’s Myawady television network,” Facebook said on Monday, reports Reuters.

“We are removing a total of 18 Facebook accounts, one Instagram account and 52 Facebook Pages, followed by almost 12 million people,” Facebook said in a blog post.

The world’s largest social media networking site said it had removed 46 Pages and 12 accounts for engaging in coordinated “inauthentic” behaviour on Facebook.

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