S2 Wk 8 Flashcards

(11 cards)

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‘A genocide incited on Facebook, with posts from Myanmar’s Military’

A

«Incitation au génocide par l’armée birmanesur Facebook »

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They posed as fans of pop stars and national heroes whilst flooding Facebook with their hatred.

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Ils se faisaient passer pour des fans/admirateurs de popstars/célébrités et de héros nationaux, tout en inondant Facebook de leur haine.

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Another shared a false story about the rape of a Buddhist woman by a Muslim man.

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un autre partageait une fausse histoire de viol d’une Bouddhiste par un Musulman.

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One said Islam was a global threat to Buddhism.

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L’un disait que l’Islam était une menace mondiale pour/contre/envers le bouddhisme

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5
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Those posts were not from everyday internet users.

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Ces publications ne venaient pas d’internautes ordinaires

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Instead, they were from Myanmar military forces who turned the social network into a tool for ethnic cleansing.

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En réalité elles émanaient des forces armées birmanes qui ont transformé le réseau social en outil de purification/nettoyage ethnique.

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For several years, the Myanmar military had been on the frontline of a systematic campaign targeting the Muslim Rohingya minority.

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Depuis/Pendant plusieurs années, les militaires birmans avaient été en première ligne d’une campagne systématique visant la minorité musulmane rohingya.

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This anti-Rohingya propaganda is blamed for having incited murders, rapes, and the largest forced migration in recent years.

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Cette campagne est accusée d’avoir incité à des meurtres, à des viols et à la plus grande migration forcée de ces dernières années.

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The campaign employed as many as 700 agents who created troll accounts and news pages, and then flooded them with incendiary comments and posts at peak hours. Those accounts had over a million followers.

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La campagne employait jusqu’à 700 agents qui ont créé des comptes de trolls/provocateurs et des pages d’information/actualité, et les ont ensuite inondés de commentaires et publications incendiaires aux heures de grande affluence. Ces comptes avaient plus d’un million d’abonnés.

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The actions by Myanmar’s military on Facebook are among the first examples of an authoritarian government’s using the social network against its own people.

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Les agissements de l’armée birmane sur Facebook sont parmi les premiers exemples d’utilisation du réseau social par un gouvernement autoritaire contre son propre peuple.

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After months of reports about anti-Rohingya propaganda on Facebook, the company acknowledged that it had been too slow to react.

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Après des mois de signalements concernant la propagande anti-Rohingya sur Facebook, la compagnie a reconnu qu’elle avait réagi trop lentement.

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