The social media company was ordered to release details about now-deleted accounts which used Facebook to fan violence against the ethnic minority group.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered Facebook to release records of accounts linked to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya community, a move that will likely put a spotlight on the use of the social media platform by government-backed groups and individuals in fanning violence and mass murder of the minority Muslim community in the South Asian nation....
In his ruling U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said allowing Facebook to withhold the records “would compound the tragedy that has befallen the Rohingya.” Facebook can appeal to a U.S. district judge to overturn the ruling, but it is unclear if it will do so.Dismissing Facebook’s argument that it could not release the records due to privacy laws Faruqui wrote: “Facebook taking up the mantle of privacy rights is rich with irony. News sites have entire sections dedicated to Facebook's sordid history of privacy scandals.”
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