BSR | Human Rights Impact Assessment: Facebook in Myanmar Phase IMMERSION Building knowledge of Facebook and Myanmar Key Questions » What Facebook products, services, and technologies are relevant to the HRIA? » How is Facebook used in Myanmar? » What is Facebook’s existing human rights policy and management approach, globally and in Myanmar? » MAPPING Identifying relevant actual and potential human rights impacts PRIORITIZATION » What is the human rights context in Myanmar, such as extent of rule of law, relevant laws and regulations, and human rights history? » What are the relevant actual and potential human rights impacts, including risks and opportunities, in Myanmar? » What are the most vulnerable groups, and how are they impacted? Develop recommendations for mitigation measures in the short, medium, and long term, in line with prioritization Method » Desk-based research, using public and Facebookspecific resources » Interviews with relevant Facebook staff » Interviews with relevant Myanmar experts » Identification of rightsholders and stakeholders » Two visits to Myanmar— once participating in Facebook-managed dialogues and once independently » Interviews with rightsholders and stakeholders in Myanmar » Interviews with Facebook staff » Where should Facebook prioritize different approaches and allocate resources? » Use BSR’s HRIA tool to prioritize human rights impacts, based on severity (scale, scope, remediability), likelihood, attribution, and leverage » What action plan should Facebook deploy? » » What leverage does Facebook have over actual and potential impacts? Provide recommendations on how to address impacts, risks, and opportunities » What measures should Facebook take over the short, medium, and long term? Review and comment by Facebook » Final report Prioritize actual and potential human rights impacts to determine where Facebook should focus resources MANAGEMENT Who are the key internal and external stakeholders and rights holders in Myanmar? 10 » » What can be achieved by Facebook alone, and what should be undertaken in collaboration with others?