Myanmar regime intensifies Facebook propaganda campaign in wake of school airstrike

Changes to Facebook’s fact-checking and content moderation policies have made it easier for Myanmar’s regime to flood the platform with misinformation and propaganda, according to junta opponents and digital rights activists.

The shift has been especially noticeable over the past week, they say, as pro-regime accounts have proliferated to deflect blame for a deadly airstrike that killed 22 schoolchildren and two teachers in Sagaing Region’s Depayin Township on Monday.