algorithms are created, it would not be possible to “train” them, as Dedan explains. In doing so, he is in many ways helping the algorithms to do their job better and more precisely, even though Dedan´s technique does not include the knowledge of how the algorithms include information from the network surrounding him. Incorporated in that balance is the second level, the national political context, norms, and understanding, which produce the given frames to perform within. What is shown in the feed is then “the perfect combination” of content adjusted to a person’s preferences and given frames to create a “happy place.” This means that in the end, you can end up with only one specific side of a narrative being represented in the feed. This is something Facebook has been criticized for, and that has created debates on an international level. At this point, it is not hard to imagine how the echo chamber comes into play. When the awareness is towards just one side of a narrative, it is likely to affect opinions and understanding of a situation, as has happened in Myanmar. Arkar, the teacher (see chapter 5.), told me that if he were a politician, he would, without doubt, use Facebook. He told me that: “you see many Facebook walls or social media walls as campaign, you know, ‘now I want to share my knowledge with someone’, that´s how it is… …Facebook is very important to politics and education”. Why is Facebook Losing the War Against Hate Speech? Facebook has become a tool to spread opinions, information, and propaganda. It is a place where used correctly, it is easy to spread one narrative. Also, this is what Arkar points towards with his statement; Facebook is an echo chamber where the narrative can flourish, and even produce more narratives of the same character. In the Myanmar context, Facebook has received harsh critique regarding the way the company handled the crisis of the Rohingya with an extreme amount of hate speech flourishing in their platform. In August 2018 Reuters wrote an article titled “Why Facebook is losing the war against hate speech in Myanmar” (Stecklow, 2018b), explicitly pointing out the weakness and loss of action from the company towards a solution. The Human Rights Council did an independent fact-finding mission on Myanmar in September 2018 and concluded that hate narratives are common and that Facebook “fosters a climate in which hate speech thrives, human rights violations are legitimized and, incitement to discrimination and violence facilitated” (2018, p. 14). These reports are all referring to the Rohingya crises which 79

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