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Janice Schakowsky: “Facebook was very much involved, and Zuckerberg admitted to it, or Facebook did a couple of years ago, for the genocide…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2021
Facebook was very much involved, and Zuckerberg admitted to it, or Facebook did a couple of years ago, for the genocide that took place in Myanmar, of the Rohingya people.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky cites Facebook's role in the organization of genocide in Myanmar as an example of the platform's accountability issues.

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