Facebook in India is flooded with hate speech.

Instead of taking action, Facebook is suppressing an independent report
delving into the full scale of the problem. 

Facebook: release your full India human rights report immediately!

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Dear John,

Facebook is fueling a wave of violence in India. The platform is flooded
with posts inciting racist mobs to vandalize mosques and lynch people in
the street.

But rather than cracking down on such hateful lies, Facebook is
suppressing an independent report that could expose the company's
mismanagement of this crisis.

Facebook knows that if this report is released, it will face a blistering
public backlash. The tech giant will be forced to crack down on the hate
speech and disinformation that is fueling violence in India.

John, this is the moment to hold the company to account:

[ [link removed] ]Tell Facebook to immediately release the full report 

In 2020, after a massive civil society outcry, Facebook finally agreed to
commission an independent Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) on India -
which is Facebook's largest market with over 350 million users. They hired
the famous law firm Foley Hoag to assess Facebook's role in spreading hate
speech and incitement to violence on its platforms in India.

A year and a half later, the report hasn’t been released and researchers
told the Wall Street Journal that Facebook is purposely delaying the
release of the report.

This isn’t the first time that Facebook has fanned the flames of violence
and genocide and then refused to take responsibility for it. Facebook is
currently being sued for its role in the genocide of Rohingya people in
Myanmar. And in the US, the company is under fire for enabling white
supremacist groups to flourish.

Facebook needs to make the FULL report public:

[ [link removed] ]Facebook: Release the full human rights report on India

With Facebook’s whistleblowers raising the alarm and politicians closing
in - this is the moment to hold the company to account. You can make
Facebook take accountability - starting with reining in hate and violence
on its platform. 

SumOfUs members like you pushed companies like Apple to publish their
first ever human rights policy. Now, lets force Facebook to respect
fundamental human rights once and for all.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Khadija, Ibrahim, Flora, Vicky and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Facebook played a role in fueling riots, says Delhi panel Hindustan
Times, September 1, 2020.

[ [link removed] ]Inside Facebook, Jan. 6 violence fueled anger, regret over missed
warning signs Washington Post, Oct 22, 2021.

[ [link removed] ]Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar genocide Guardian, Dec 6,
2021.

[ [link removed] ]Rights groups push Facebook to release India human rights assessment
The Washington Post, January 19, 2022.

[ [link removed] ]Facebook stalling report on human rights impact in India, allege
whistleblowers The Guardian, January 19, 2022.

 

 

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