could have just when it looked like Facebook culminated controversy, the company now seems to hinder an investigation into genocide, and has to do with the US law there. The West African country Gambia seeks Myanmar to be responsible for the genocide against the Rohingya to maintain an ethnic and religious minority. In 2016 and 2017, the Burmese soldiers and their civilian delegates Rohingya men, women and children, raped women and girls and the ground massacred villages razed to the ground, forcing 800,000 to flee nearest Bangladesh. the role of Facebook in these atrocities is not new. In 2018, Facebook confirmed that it was to “foment division and incite violence offline” in Myanmar used when the social media platform is so pervasive Internet is often synonymous. has an independent report by the company commissioned the same documents, appointed done independent seekers of response in the UN, Facebook has taken account of the commander in chief of the armed forces of Myanmar, General Third Min Aung Hlaing down, and other military officials and organizations. Only in 2018, it has included a number of networks that incite violence against Rohingya sought the removal of 484 pages, 157 accounts and 17 groups to “coordinate the behavior do not authentic.” To his credit, he received the Facebook data and the content was taken down, and the company is committed to cleaning up its act. “We know we need to do to ensure that we are a force for good in the Myanmar,” said a representative of the company in an official statement in 2018. Now, two years later, the company is exactly the opposite of doing. In June Gambia has filed a motion in federal court seeking information from Facebook, which they hold responsible would help Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In particular, the Gambia has examined the documents and communications from Myanmar military, as well as the locations of hundreds of other sites and accounts, Facebook has taken off and stored. Gambia also examined documents related to Facebook’s internal investigation and a deposition of a corresponding Facebook executive. All this information could help prove genocidal intent Myanmar. Read more: Myanmar crisis, Burden of Bangladesh: Among the Rohingya refugees waiting for a new miracle, in May, the Gambia has submitted an application similar to the US court against Twitter. The case quickly disappeared, because its application Gambia withdrew shortly after sending probably agreed to cooperate because Twitter. Not Facebook. Earlier this month the company to Gambia application lodged its opposition. Facebook said that the demand for “extra-wide” and “too intrusive or annoying.” The call to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to reject the application says that social Gambia media giant to fail “accounts with sufficient specificity to identify.” Gambia was actually very specific, even get to call 17 officers, two military units and dozens of pages and account. Facebook also objects to the fact that the Gambia is seeking information from the year 2012, failing to make this year a seemingly two similar waves of atrocities against Rohingya and that the genocidal intent is not spontaneous, but built over time, the management and analysis of data is not new to Facebook. It is a basic skill. The analyst firm billions of data points relating to their users information every day from personal contributions, chat and photo collections monetize. This is Facebook’s business model. Now the company says it is unreasonable or “difficult” for him to exchange data on a number of accounts you already been removed and stored. The argument is not convincing only; It is morally appalling. Read more: could not stop Facebook, it has helped the spread of hatred in Myanmar? But the core of the Facebook argument is the claim that the Gambia to know the court to issue a subpoena in violation of US law, specifically a section of the Stored Communications Act (SCA). This important federal law prevents social media company is released from communication and information to third parties on a whim. Here’s the thing: The law aims to protect the privacy of individuals to protect not unlawful actions of the actors. Under the SCA, there are exceptions to privacy including protection if the government has a valid subpoena. And Facebook, the communication spread to protect their rights, which should include their right to its Terms of Service and deter unlawful behavior to force the platform. Moreover, if the information was shared through social media for public consumption, the SCA will not need a company to keep this information secret. Many of the sites that Facebook in Myanmar and accounts regarding the Rohingya genocide took down were public. Facebook may say that it is concerned about a dangerous precedent to create, but the US federal court by a sharing of information appears intent genocide only the “precedent” of being, the company would like to set to declare that the actors of it, with its platform for criminal purposes, not to mention the fact that the Gambia would willingly fulfilled not want to manage all legal precedent, only an internal within the company. The Gambia will respond to Facebook opposition in court on August 18 expected Regardless of how this requirement is taking place, the law of the United States has never been protected for the genocidaires are used. If Facebook is not doing it at this time, Congress should do. US lawmakers must pass a rapid change of the SCA, the social media company would require relevant information with the authorities and stakeholders before international courts to bring to justice those responsible for genocide and crimes mass atrocities is trying to share. The law should spread these by mistake impose liability when they called correctly. In addition, for the moment genocide it could be as simple as your Facebook account to be deleted. Photo copyright by David Paul Morris Bloomberg / Getty Images
Facebook wanted a force for good in Myanmar to be. now there is a request to dismiss the help of a Genocide Investigation
