Facebook accused of inciting religious hatred in India
US Facebook Inc.'s services are a tool for inciting hatred on religious grounds in India . The Wall Street Journal writes about this with reference to the company's internal documents.
It turns out that at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, the number of posts on social media sites containing hate content has tripled. At the same time, calls for violence were also posted on the company's owned WhasApp messenger app . According to experts, the spread of these messages coincided with the deadly riots in Delhi in February 2020. Then 53 people fell victim to the clashes, and about 300 others were injured.
Also, according to the company's employees, anti-Muslim posts are constantly broadcast on the social network. In particular, Muslims have been compared to animals and accused of spreading the coronavirus. Two Hindu nationalist groups are distributing inflammatory content, according to a report by company employees. However, most of the content was not categorized as "glorifying violence". According to analysts, this is due to the fact that the company's technical systems are not able to find materials in Hindi and Bengali.
Earlier, the former director of Facebook Francis Hogan (Francis Haugen) said that the social network deliberately publishes content, which provokes hatred. She explained that such content provokes strong emotions such as anger and hatred in users and makes them spend more time on the site, which ultimately leads to higher profits for the company. In turn, the platform's founder and leader, Mark Zuckerberg, said the accusations of greed are meaningless and that the company is "deeply indifferent" to issues such as people's safety and mental health.
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