San Francisco sources reported that after facing human rights violation allegations over the misuse of its platform by the Myanmar government to fuel atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority, social networking giant Facebook has announced the hiring of a human rights policy director. Meanwhile the social media firm's new director would help promote peace, human freedoms and build strong communities while simultaneously crack down those who "enable harm, stifle expression and undermine human rights".
It added "We are looking for a Director of Human Rights Policy to coordinate our company-wide effort to address human rights abuses, including by both state and non state actors”. Furthermore six organizations, including the UN, have blasted the site for taking over a year to respond to misinformation that helped fuel the "genocide" of Rohingya in Myanmar. Further according to Facebook, the new role will include working with product teams to ensure that the company is a positive force for human rights and apply the lessons learnt from investigations.
Moreover the person would represent Facebook with
key stakeholders in civil society, government, international institutions and
industry. Hence he or she will also need to craft policies to counteract bad
actors and ensure that Facebook continues to operate its platforms
consistent with human rights principles.
