Facebook on Sunday deleted the primary web page of the Myanmar military beneath it requirements prohibiting the incitement of violence, the corporation mentioned, a day just after two protesters have been killed when police opened fire at a demonstration against the Feb 1 coup.
“In line with our global policies, we’ve removed the Tatmadaw True News Information Team Page from Facebook for repeated violations of our Community Standards prohibiting incitement of violence and coordinating harm,” a Facebook representative mentioned in a statement.
The Myanmar military is recognized as the Tatmadaw. Its True News web page was no obtainable on Sunday.
The military spokesman did not respond to a Reuters phone get in touch with searching for comment.
Two people today have been killed in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay on Saturday when police and soldiers fired at protesters demonstrating against the overthrow of the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, emergency workers mentioned, the bloodiest day in more than two weeks of demonstrations.
Facebook in current years has engaged with civil rights activists and democratic political parties in Myanmar and pushed back against the military just after coming beneath heavy international criticism for failing to include on the net hate campaigns.
In 2018, it banned army chief Min Aung Hlaing – now the military ruler – and 19 other senior officers and organisations, and took down hundreds of pages and accounts run by military members for coordinated inauthentic behaviour.
Ahead of November elections, Facebook announced it had taken down a network of 70 fake accounts and pages operated by members of the military that had posted either positive content about the army or criticism of Suu Kyi and her party.