Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Facebook on the use of Whatsapp in the spread of hate speech in (a) Myanmar and (b) other countries.
This question was answered on 29th November 2018
The British Embassy in Burma maintains regular contact with Facebook's representatives covering Burma. The Government's position on Facebook's activity in Burma is set out in its 23 October response to the Interim Report of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 'Disinformation and 'Fake News' (HC 1630 17/19).