Thanks to the language and the absence of censorship.. Facebook is a weapons store in Iraq

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[size=52]Thanks to the language and the absence of censorship.. Facebook is a weapons store in Iraq[/size]

[size=45]The phenomenon of arms sales through Facebook is flourishing in Iraq, and users of the platform are taking advantage of its lack of application of monitoring standards, policies and controls in relation to the Arabic and Kurdish languages, to promote their trade.[/size]
[size=45]And the European “Euro News” channel reported, quoting a study conducted by the British Institute for Strategic Dialogue, as saying that “the sale of weapons in Iraq is spread through (Facebook), noting that “giant social media companies have been frequently accused of failing to effectively modify harmful and dangerous content, Especially in regions like the Middle East.”[/size]
[size=45]The absence of control[/size]
[size=45]The European Channel report stated, "(Meta), the parent company of (Facebook), has fewer resources to deal with content in different languages ​​and dialects compared to English."[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted the Executive Director of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue for Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Mustafa Ayyad, as saying that "the lack of application of controls in the Arabic and Kurdish languages, caused the opening of an arms market in Iraq through (Facebook)."[/size]
[size=45]Ayyad explained, “It was relatively easy to find weapons for sale in the comments sections of the very large Facebook pages, and pages with more than two million followers.”[/size]
[size=45]According to Ayyad’s research, “Some Facebook users do not bother to hide their intentions,” citing one example of this that there is a Facebook user who calls himself “I sell weapons” in the Kurdish language.[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out that “many reasons make this network of arms sales pages in Iraq worrying, the most important of which is that the Arabic language is one of the fastest growing languages ​​on (Facebook) and on other platforms owned by Meta, such as (WhatsApp).”[/size]
[size=45]Serious consequences[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed to the consequences of this on the ground. Last June, a disgruntled student in the Kurdistan Region killed a university lecturer and then killed the head of the law department at another institution, and is believed to have bought his firearm through Facebook.[/size]
[size=45]According to the University of Washington, "the death rate from the use of weapons in Iraq is higher than that of the United States, and it is the highest rate in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019".[/size]
[size=45]In light of the many ongoing internal conflicts with the participation of government forces, the so-called ISIS, in addition to Iranian-backed militias, the European report considered, “All these factors together make the country vulnerable to civil unrest.”[/size]
[size=45]stalking facebook[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted the British Institute as saying that "social media giants such as (Facebook) must be held accountable for allowing dangerous content to be posted on their platforms."[/size]
[size=45]According to Ayyad, “Conflict areas in particular require a different level of content control because hate and a host of other harms via the Internet can easily infiltrate through automated control systems, causing damage on the ground.”[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that "Facebook" announced the closure of a number of accounts cited by the British Institute report, stressing that it was strengthening the number of its control staff in the region.[/size]
[size=45]But the British Institute considered this step “just a temporary measure,” and called for “more transparency in how Facebook manages published content, because bad actors exploit these gaps in order to spread harmful content such as arms sales.”[/size]
[size=45]And the report of the European “Euro News” channel concluded, by noting that this is not the first time that (Facebook) has been accused of lacking the application of supervision over the published content, which has led to real harm in various parts of the world.[/size]
[size=45]The European report concluded by saying that "UN investigators have previously said that Facebook played a major role in spreading hate speech that has fueled violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar.[/size]
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