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BANGKOK (AP) – parent company of Facebook Meta On Wednesday, he said he was expanding his ban on linked posts. MyanmarIt will include all pages, groups and accounts representing businesses controlled by the military. In February, it had already banned ads from such businesses.

February action banning military and military-controlled state and media organizations from Facebook and Instagram, ArmyAung San Suu Kyi’s seizure of power from her elected government.

The new lawsuit comes just one day after a high-profile lawsuit was filed in California against Facebook parent platform Meta Platforms, which has sought over $150 billion for the company’s alleged failure to stop hateful posts that incite violence against the Muslim Rohingya minority. MyanmarHis army and supporters, which peaked in 2017.

NS Army, known Myanmar As Tatmadaw, he was notorious for a brutal counterinsurgency campaign. MyanmarThe western province of Rakhine, which has driven more than 700,000 Rohingya to seek safety on the Bangladeshi border. Critics say the campaign, which includes mass murders, rape and arson, constitutes ethnic cleansing and possibly genocide.

Since February, security forces have used deadly force to suppress nonviolent protests against the military rule. At least 1,600 civilians were killed by security forces, according to a detailed tally compiled by the Political Prisoners Aid Association. NS Army He is also accused of abusing peasants for fighting members of pro-democracy militias in the countryside.

Activists say the military is using the internet to spread disinformation and hate speech. In April, Facebook announced that it was “implementing a special policy.” Myanmar praising, supporting and advocating violence by Myanmar security forces and protesters from our platform.”

The Burma Campaign UK group, which wants Facebook to do more to restrict military access through its platforms, welcomed the move, but noted that Facebook resisted removing military companies’ pages.

“The belated decision to remove military company pages appears to be a more desperate act than any real human rights concern, after being sued for $150 billion for involvement in the Rohingya genocide,” said Mark Farmaner, director of the Burma Campaign UK.

Statement Wednesday by Rafael Frankel, Director of Asia Pacific Policy MetaThe company said that “these businesses are taking action based on extensive documentation by the international community regarding Tatmadaw’s direct role in funding ongoing violence and human rights abuses. Myanmar”

The army controls most of the country. Myanmareconomy, largely through two large holding companies. Because institutional links are not always clear, Meta He said he used a report compiled by the UN in 2019 to identify the companies involved.

In response to abuses against the Rohingya, Facebook banned 20 military-related individuals and organizations in 2018, including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who currently runs the organization. Army– formed government. From 2018 to 2010, Facebook removed a network of six military-controlled accounts that did not accept support.

This year, Facebook disabled government media pages that violated Facebook’s rules on inciting violence and harming others.