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11 Oct 2021

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Burma Campaign UK

52,000 sign petition to Facebook: Take down Burmese military company pages!

11 October 2021

More than 52,000 people have signed a petition to Nick Clegg, the Facebook Vice-President of Global Affairs, calling on him to take down the Facebook pages of Burmese military companies.

United Nations investigators have detailed how these military owned companies help fund the military and the human rights violations they commit. Nick Clegg and Facebook have ignored calls to take down the pages, and so far appear determined to keep allowing the genocidal Burmese military to use Facebook to help it make money.

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“So far genocide, crimes against humanity and a military coup have not been enough to persuade Facebook that allowing the military to use Facebook to make money is a bad idea,” said Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. “We hope they will listen to the 52,000 people, mostly from Burma, who have signed this petition calling on them to kick Burmese military companies off of Facebook.”

Despite years of discussions with Facebook, Burma Campaign UK has been unable to extract a single clear rationale from Facebook as to why they are so determined to keep on allowing the Burmese military to use their platform to make money. Policies also appear to be applied inconsistently, arbitrarily and incoherently.

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