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Democracy Reporting International, where I work, showed that hate speech may have facilitated the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya minority. But, Myanmar seemed far away to many people and it is not an important market for Facebook.

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Four tweets broke Facebook - good news for EU regulators

Facebook once more. It seems that every year a new wave of outrage rains down on the company.

Time and again the company stood accused of facilitating terrorism, racist hate speech or disinformation. Time and again Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges problems, promises improvements and presents data to show the company's efforts. Facebook's reputation suffers.

Last year it

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

Democracy Reporting International, where I work, showed that hate speech may have facilitated the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya minority. But, Myanmar seemed far away to many people and it is not an important market for Facebook.

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

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