{"id":4813,"date":"2022-02-20T07:39:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T06:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/20\/facebook-lets-vigilantes-in-ethiopia-incite-ethnic-killing\/"},"modified":"2022-02-20T07:39:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T06:39:27","slug":"facebook-lets-vigilantes-in-ethiopia-incite-ethnic-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/20\/facebook-lets-vigilantes-in-ethiopia-incite-ethnic-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook \u2018lets vigilantes in Ethiopia incite ethnic killing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media giant accused of inaction after users post \u2018horrifying and hateful content\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Facebook is under renewed scrutiny this weekend, accused of continuing to allow activists to incite ethnic massacres in Ethiopia\u2019s escalating war.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/\" title=\"\">Bureau of Investigative Journalism<\/a> (TBIJ) and the <em>Observer<\/em> found Facebook is still letting users post content inciting violence through hate and misinformation. This is despite being aware it helps directly fuel tensions, prompting claims of inaction and indifference against the social media giant.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/feb\/20\/facebook-lets-vigilantes-in-ethiopia-incite-ethnic-killing\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5858e952770ee4bc3a135a2aefc1d3309b4957dc\/0_142_4000_2400\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4b8212250aabc9a7b3869aa0e8c81bee\" title=\"Facebook \u2018lets vigilantes in Ethiopia incite ethnic killing\u2019\" \/>Social media giant accused of inaction after users post \u2018horrifying and hateful content\u2019<br \/>\nFacebook is under renewed scrutiny this weekend, accused of continuing to allow activists to incite ethnic massacres in Ethiopia\u2019s escalating war.<br \/>\nAnalysis by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and the Observer found Facebook is still letting users post content inciting violence through hate and misinformation. This is despite being aware it helps directly fuel tensions, prompting claims of inaction and indifference against the social media giant. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media giant accused of inaction after users post \u2018horrifying and hateful content\u2019 Facebook is under renewed scrutiny this weekend, accused of continuing to allow activists to incite ethnic massacres in Ethiopia\u2019s escalating war. Analysis by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and the Observer found Facebook is still letting users post content inciting violence &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/20\/facebook-lets-vigilantes-in-ethiopia-incite-ethnic-killing\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook \u2018lets vigilantes in Ethiopia incite ethnic killing\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4813"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}