Several Rohingya people interviewed on the matter say Facebook has removed their posts and shut down accounts. Experts told the Daily Beast that to many in the country, Facebook is the Internet. Kuala Lumpur-based Rohingya activist and journalist Mohammad Anwar says Facebook has deleted posts about violence in Rakhine and threatened to disable his account. Another post regarding the Myanmar military burning a village in Maungdaw was also removed with the same explanation from Facebook. “I have deactivated my account in frustration,” Anwar told The Daily Beast.

Source: bd News24 September 20, 2017 09:55 UTC