{"id":999,"date":"2021-11-21T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T11:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/21\/facebook-deletes-ethiopia-pms-post-that-urged-citizens-to-bury-rebels-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T12:01:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T11:01:46","slug":"facebook-deletes-ethiopia-pms-post-that-urged-citizens-to-bury-rebels-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/21\/facebook-deletes-ethiopia-pms-post-that-urged-citizens-to-bury-rebels-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook deletes Ethiopia PM&#039;s post that urged citizens to &#039;bury&#039; rebels &#8211; BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Facebook has removed a post from Ethiopia&#x27;s prime minister for violating its policies against inciting violence. <\/b><br \/>On Sunday, Abiy Ahmed called on citizens take up arms to block the advance of the rebel Tigray People&#x27;s Liberation Front (TPLF). <br \/>The TPLF has fought a year-long campaign against government forces, capturing key towns in recent days. <br \/>Facebook has been criticised for failing to do more to stop its platform being used to incite violence. <br \/>In the post, Mr Abiy said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-59118773\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">that the rebel advance was<\/a> &quot;pushing the country to its demise,&quot; and he urged citizens to &quot;organise and march through [any] legal manner with every weapon and power&#8230; to prevent, reverse and bury the terrorist TPLF&quot;. <br \/>A spokesperson for Facebook, whose parent company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-59083601\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">recently rebranded to Meta<\/a>, told the BBC: &quot;We were made aware of a post by Ethiopia&#x27;s Prime Minister and removed this for violating our policies against inciting and supporting violence. <br \/>&quot;At Meta, we remove content from individuals or organizations that violates our Community Standards, no matter who they are.&quot; <br \/>In a massive <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/25\/business\/ethiopia-violence-facebook-papers-cmd-intl\/index.html\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\"> leak of documents last month<\/a> it was revealed that Facebook had been warned that its platform was being used by armed groups in Ethiopia to incite violence against ethnic minorities.<br \/>Speaking to a US Senate hearing in October, whistleblower Frances Haugen said that the company was &quot;literally fanning ethnic violence&quot; in conflict zones such as Ethiopia due to its failure to properly police its services outside of the US. <br \/>Thousands of people have been killed by the conflict in Ethiopia, millions more have been displaced and hundreds of thousands are facing famine conditions, according to the UN. <br \/>The war broke out on 4 November last year, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy ordered a military offensive against regional forces in Tigray.<br \/>He claimed that his government did so in response to an attack on a military base that housed government troops. <br \/>The TPLF has been designated a terrorist organisation, while it says it is Tigray&#x27;s legitimate government.<br \/><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">More on the Tigray crisis:<\/b><br \/><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Ethiopia&#x27;s Tigray war &#8211; and how it erupted<\/span><br \/><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Further unrest in Netherlands amid Covid protests<\/span><br \/><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Why Kyle Rittenhouse case so divides the US<\/span><br \/><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Video claims to show Peng Shuai at tournament<\/span><br \/><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Why did this mum take her children to the IS capital?<\/span><br \/><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Why Kyle Rittenhouse case so divides the US<\/span><br \/><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">Barcelona tackles wild boar &#x27;invasion&#x27; 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