6.2.1 VIRALITY
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6.2.2 NEWS FEED & RANKING
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6.2.3 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USER BEHAVIOUR AND ACTIONS
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6.2.4 GROUPS
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6.3 HOW META’S ALGORITHMS FUELED ANTI-ROHINGYA VIOLENCE IN MYANMAR
6.3.1 RECOMMENDATIONS & NEWS FEED
6.4 PERILOUS TRANSACTIONS: FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, ADVERTISING, AND ANTIROHINGYA HATE
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6.4.1 INSTANT ARTICLES
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6.4.2 PAID ADVERTISING
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7. A DISASTER FOREWARNED: META’S “WILFUL BLINDNESS” IN MYANMAR
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7.1 WARNINGS RECEIVED BY META THAT IT RISKED CONTRIBUTING TO MASS VIOLENCE IN
MYANMAR
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7.1.1 TIMELINE OF INTERVENTIONS
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7.2 META’S KNOWLEDGE OF THE RISKS INHERENT IN ITS ALGORITHMS
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7.3 ‘MOVING FAST AND BREAKING THINGS’: HOW META’S COMPANY CULTURE
EXACERBATED HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS
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8. META’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HARMS SUFFERED BY THE ROHINGYA
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8.1 META’S ROLE IN HUMAN RIGHTS HARMS
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8.2 META’S DUE DILIGENCE FAILURES IN MYANMAR
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8.2.1 META’S KNOWLEDGE OF RISK OF ALGORITHMIC HARM
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8.2.2 META’S KNOWLEDGE OF MYANMAR-SPECIFIC RISKS
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8.3 META’S FAILURE TO EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS
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8.3.1 AN “INESCAPABLE” CONCLUSION: META SUBSTANTIALLY CONTRIBUTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS HARMS SUFFERED BY THE
ROHINGYA
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9. META AND THE RIGHT TO REMEDY FOR THE ROHINGYA
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9.1 IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: ROHINGYA COMMUNITIES DEMAND AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY64
9.2 META’S REFUSAL TO REMEDIATE THE ROHINGYA
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9.3 REMEDY FOR THE ROHINGYA: ADEQUATE COMPENSATION AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE 67
10. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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CONCLUSION
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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THE SOCIAL ATROCITY
META AND THE RIGHT TO REMEDY FOR THE ROHINGYA
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