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Facebook ranking and Myanmar 2017–18

set aside as

EXCLUDED BY ATTRIBUTION

the researcher's note

Facebook ranking and Myanmar 2017–18. The UN fact-finding mission (A/HRC/39/64, para. 74) found "Facebook has been a useful instrument for those seeking to spread hate, in a context where, for most users, Facebook is the Internet" — and in the same paragraph declined to attribute: "The extent to which Facebook posts and messages have led to real-world discrimination and violence must be independently and thoroughly examined," adding that Facebook could not provide country-specific data on hate speech spread. No number is attributed to the ranking model by the UN or, as far as verified, by the BSR 2018 assessment. The 700,000+ who fled is the world's number here, not the model's, on the UN's own reading.

proposed by

researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, era-2012-2019

received

2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00

harvest report

impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-era-2012-2019.md

Rulings, in order

1. 2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00 · researcherexclude-attribution — Facebook ranking and Myanmar 2017–18. The UN fact-finding mission (A/HRC/39/64, para. 74) found "Facebook has been a useful instrument for those seeking to spread hate, in a context where, for most users, Facebook is the Internet" — and in the same paragraph declined to attribute: "The extent to which Facebook posts and messages have led to real-world discrimination and violence must be independently and thoroughly examined," adding that Facebook could not provide country-specific data on hate speech spread. No number is attributed to the ranking model by the UN or, as far as verified, by the BSR 2018 assessment. The 700,000+ who fled is the world's number here, not the model's, on the UN's own reading.

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