In supporting the extreme right, Meta is undermining the Bolivian government.

March 5, 2023



(RT) βΈ» Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has blocked a slew of accounts and groups as part of its "Adversarial Threat" program. This includes 1,041 Facebook accounts, 450 Pages, 14 Groups and 130 Instagram accounts belonging to supporters of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS-IPSP), the party of government. Meta claims it is defending "members of the opposition," but this means allowing these same groups to publish open hate speech and racial discrimination against Bolivia's minority groups. Critics have called Anez's regime fascist, and the Sacaba massacre left 11 people dead and an estimated 98 wounded after police and soldiers fired on protesters who were decrying the undemocratic ouster of former president Evo Morales and the installation of Anez. Meta defended "members of the opposition" who are still committing acts of violence and insurrection on Facebook, despite the fact that the terms of service don't forbid having friends with the same political views and using the platform to spread factual information and debunk false news. He also defended the use of fake news in foreign languages other than English due to a lack of qualified staff and a broken AI system.

Facebook Meta (mas-ipsp) Adversarial-threat

Comments

Related news


The Italian government wants to make using English terms illegal.

Read more

After the disaster, Greek trains will 'gradually' restart on March 22. Government

Read more

A critical agreement to prevent a worldwide food catastrophe has been extended. Everything you need to know is right here.

Read more

Right-wing forces help the incumbent Finnish prime minister lose his re-election.

Read more

French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen rushed to hospital

Read more

Supporters of the Pakistani government will organise a rare sit-in to protest Imran Khan's release.

Read more

The French government incites rage by enforcing a higher retirement age

Read more

'No longer confident' in US - WaPo: Syria strike killed the right man

Read more

To avoid far-right minister Ben Gvir, the EU cancels Israel's welcome.

Read more

Biden will announce that the federal government will cover the entire cost of storm cleanup.

Read more