Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has taken action by pulling down violent, hateful, and inciteful posts on the popular social media platform related to the ongoing Bawku conflict following an investigation by GhanaFact.
According to Meta’s Public Policy Manager in charge of Sub-Saharan Africa, Farai Morobane, the “posts [were] violating its Community Standards,” in an email response to GhanaFact after seven days of alerting Facebook to more than 100 posts that showed a pattern where actors in the conflict were weaponizing the platform.
You can read the full story on the deletions and our full report on the Bawku conflict on GhanaFact.
