5/25/22, 2:24 PM Project monitors social media hate speech | The Myanmar Times Project monitors social media hate speech “Some users believe whatever they see on Facebook and share it without first finding out if the post is true or false,” said Gar Gar, the SOS project coordinator. “Most of the false facts tend to lead to religious problems that eventually become political.” Such was the case in 2012, when members of the Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha – including U Wirathu, a prominent monk known for his anti-Muslim rhetoric – shared Facebook posts accusing a Muslim man of raping a Buddhist woman. Over a period of two years, the ensuing riots and violence left 250 people dead and more than 140,000 Muslims in displacement camps. Mido, which was founded in February 2012, grew out of the Myanmar Blogger Society thanks to a large youth contingent that recognised the incendiary power of Facebook posts. Their SOS project is an effort to prevent more violence by advocating against hate speech. At their March meeting, members of SOS discussed a current hate speech thread bouncing around Facebook. The subject is newly elected Vice President Henry Van Thio, an ethnic Chin and Christian – many accounts have accused him of planning to shift the country away from monasteries and into churches. Read More รับฟรีเฟอร์ฯ + เครื่องใช้ ไฟฟ้า นิว โนเบิล แจ้งวัฒนะ พร้อมอยู่ ฟรี เฟอร์+เครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้า จองเลยพร้อมรับสิทธิ พิเศษ Noble Development Book Now COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard (Myanmar) COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard (Myanmar) Mobile View ဓာတ်ခွဲစစ်ဆေးသူစုစုပေါင်း (Total Specimens Tested) - 8,154,072 ပိုးတွေ့လူနာ (Lab Confirmed) - 613,238 ပိုးတွေ့သေဆုံးလူနာ (Death among Lab Confirmed) - 19,434 ပိုးတွေ့ ပြန်လည်သက်သာ (Recovered) - 592,221 last updated on 24-5-2022, 8;00 PM Abbreviation - ဓာတ်ခွဲစစ်ဆေးသူစုစုပေါင်း Case Count Visualization: eHealth Unit, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports Myanmar You May Like https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/19874-project-monitors-social-media-hate-speech.html Sponsored Links 3/6