• Approximately 2.5 million people followed at least one of these Facebook Pages • Approximately 6,400 people belonged to at least one of these Facebook Groups • Approximately 1,300 people followed at least one these Instagram accounts • Some of the most followed Facebook Pages were: • Down for Anything ဘာလာလာဝုန္း • Let’s Laugh Casually ေပါ႔ေပါ႔ပါးပါးရယ္ၾ ကမယ္ • We Love Myanmar • Knowledge • All About Myanmar ျမန္မာအြန္လိုင္းသတင္းစံု Our decision to remove these Pages was based on the behavior of these actors rather than on the type of content they were posting. Our investigations in Myanmar are ongoing and we will continue to provide updates on abuse we find and remove. Update added on October 15, 2018 at 8:37 AM PST to include additional takedowns: Today, we removed 13 Pages and 10 accounts for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook in Myanmar. As part of our ongoing investigations into this type of behavior in Myanmar we discovered that these seemingly independent entertainment, beauty and informational Pages were linked to the Myanmar military. This kind of behavior is not allowed on Facebook under our misrepresentation policy because we don’t want people or organizations creating networks of accounts to mislead others about who they are, or what they’re doing. • Presence on Facebook: 13 Pages, 10 accounts • Followers: About 1.35 million unique people followed at least one of these 13 Pages • Some of the most followed Pages were Beauty and Classic, ဆရာမလေးများ (Young Female Teachers), စစ်သား ဓါတ်ပုံများ စုစည်းမူ (Collection of Soldier’s Photos), မိုးနတ်မင်း (Lord of Heaven) We are grateful to The New York Times for sharing what they learned about the use of celebrity and entertainment accounts to push military propaganda, which aided our investigation and this take-down. The work we are doing to identify and remove bad content, bad behavior and bad actors on Facebook in Myanmar is some of the most important work being done at the company. We want to make it more difficult for people to manipulate our platform in Myanmar and will continue to investigate and take action on this behavior. Original post published on August 28, 2018 The ethnic violence in Myanmar has been truly horrific. Earlier this month, we shared an update on the steps we’re taking to prevent the spread of hate and misinformation on Facebook. While we were too slow to act, we’re now making progress – with better technology to identify hate speech, improved reporting tools, and more people to review content. Today, we are taking more action in Myanmar, removing a total of 18 Facebook accounts, one Instagram account and 52 Facebook Pages, followed by almost 12 million people. We are preserving data, including content, on the accounts and Pages we have removed. Specifically, we are banning 20 individuals and organizations from Facebook in Myanmar — including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the military’s Myawady television network. International experts, most recently in a report by the UN Human Rights Council-authorized Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, have found evidence that many of these individuals and organizations committed or enabled serious human rights abuses in the country. And we want to prevent them from using our service to further inflame ethnic