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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 815
I. THE WEAPONIZATION OF FACEBOOK BY AUTOCRATS ............................ 817
A. FICTITIOUS ONLINE PERSONAS/“TROLLING” ............................... 819
B. PROPAGANDA PAGES ................................................................... 819
C. SPREAD OF DEROGATORY AND DEFAMATORY INFORMATION ..... 820
II. CRIMINAL COMPLICITY IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RIGHTS................ 821
A. CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY ............................................... 822
B. STANDARD FOR CORPORATE COMPLICITY .................................. 824
III. THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD FOR SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ........... 826
A. THE MENS REA REQUIREMENT ..................................................... 827
B. THE ACTUS REUS REQUIREMENT.................................................. 829
IV. CASE EXAMPLE: MYANMAR .................................................................. 832
V. FACEBOOK’S POTENTIAL CRIMINAL LIABILITY IN THE MYANMAR
CRISIS .................................................................................................. 834
A. KNOWLEDGE OF TATMADAW’S CRIMES ...................................... 834
B. SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE TO TATMADAW’S CRIMES ................ 836
VI. CRITICISM OF CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY ................................... 839
CONCLUSION ................................................................................................... 842