Recommended Citation
Jenny Domino,
Crime as Cognitive Constraint: Facebook's Role in Myanmar's Incitement Landscape and the Promise of International Tort Liability,
52 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L.
143
(2020)
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/jil/vol52/iss1/10
Abstract
"Is Facebook’s role in the spread of incitement in Myanmar criminal? In 2018, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (FFM) described Facebook’s “significant role” in the spread of incitement to discrimination and violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims.2 Although the FFM described in detail the speakers’ responsibility for the Facebook posts, the precise nature of Facebook’s responsibility in moderating (or failing to moderate) harmful content was unclear."