4/5/22, 3:23 PM Hate speech, atrocities and fake news: the crisis in Myanmar | Financial Times FT Magazine Rakhine State Hate speech, atrocities and fake news: the crisis in Myanmar As violence against the Rohingya is uncovered and Aung San Suu Kyi falters, the country faces a pivotal moment John Reed FEBRUARY 22 2018 Receive free Rakhine State updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Rakhine State news every morning. Last year, as Rohingya Muslim men, women and children ran from their burning villages in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, an alarmed world turned to the internet for news. Some looked at The Irrawaddy, a publication named after the country’s signature river, which has been a pillar of journalistic probity since the student activist Aung Zaw founded it in 1993. https://www.ft.com/content/2003d54e-169a-11e8-9376-4a6390addb44 1/19