Editing Ethnic conflict (section)

== Ethnic conflict amplification ==
=== Online social media ===
In the early twenty-first century, the online [[social networking service]] [[Facebook]] has played a role in amplifying ethnic violence in the [[Rohingya genocide#Facebook's role in the genocide|Rohingya genocide]] that started in October 2016<ref name="UNHRC_Myanmar_report" /> and in ethnic violence in Ethiopia during 2019–2020.<ref name="Vice_Facebook_Genocide" />

The [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] described Facebook as having been "a useful instrument for those seeking to spread hate" and complained that Facebook was unable to provide data on the extent of its role in the genocide.<ref name="UNHRC_Myanmar_report" />

During 2019–2020, posts on [[Facebook]] dominated the Internet in Ethiopia and played a major role in encouraging ethnic violence.<ref name="Vice_Facebook_Genocide" /> An October 2019 Facebook post led to the deaths of 70 people in Ethiopia.<ref name="ForPolicy_ET_explode" /> In mid-2020, ethnic tensions in Ethiopia were amplified by [[online hate speech]] on Facebook that followed the 29 June assassination of [[Hachalu Hundessa]]. The [[Hachalu Hundessa riots]], in which mobs "lynched, beheaded, and dismembered their victims", took place with "almost-instant and widespread sharing of hate speech and incitement to violence on Facebook, which whipped up people's anger", according to David Gilbert writing in ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]''. People "call[ed] for genocide and attacks against specific religious or ethnic groups" and "openly post[ed] photographs of burned-out cars, buildings, schools and houses", according to ''Network Against Hate Speech'', an Ethiopian citizens' group. Berhan Taye of [[Access Now]] stated that in Ethiopia, offline violence quickly leads to online "calls for ethnic attacks, discrimination, and destruction of property [that] goes viral". He stated, "Facebook's inaction helps propagate hate and polarization in a country and has a devastating impact on the narrative and extent of the violence."<ref name="Vice_Facebook_Genocide" />