Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by Facebook that they will finally take down the Facebook pages of military companies, reports the Eurasia Review.
“By hosting military company pages Facebook helped the military make money which funded the international crimes they committed,” said Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. “The belated decision to remove military company pages appears more an act of desperation after being sued for $150bn for being involved in Rohingya genocide than any genuine concern for human rights.”
Facebook will remain on the Burma Campaign UK ‘Dirty List’ as long as it fails to take effective action to tackle hate speech and military propaganda, refuses to cooperate with international legal initiatives to ensure justice and accountability for the military, and does not implement the recommendations of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar.