The Role of The Facebook in The Realization of The Crime of Incitement to Genocide (Study of Civil War in Myanmar)

Abstract

One of the basic components of the contemporary world with a significant impact on human life, such as role-playing in inciting citizens to commit a crime, is the media. Therefore; the present study explains the role of Facebook in committing the crime of inciting genocide in the Myanmar civil war. Findings show that in Myanmar's civil war, pro-government militias used Facebook to directly perpetrate genocidal Buddhism by committing genocide against Muslims, using Facebook to directly influence public opinion and to alienate the taste of a violent society (an interaction between the media and citizens). They provoked the Rohingya. Therefore, the role of Facebook in inciting genocide in Myanmar is obvious; however, it is not possible for Facebook to be tried as an independent entity in international criminal courts. Just as the charges against legal entities such as the Millennium Free Radio and Television Station were not heard in the Court of Appeals, despite their direct influence in inciting genocide in the Rwandan Civil War; Because the purpose of the authorities dealing with international criminal law is to try natural persons. However, the impossibility of punishing legal persons in these authorities does not negate the possibility of domestic courts prosecuting the crimes of the persons in question.

Keywords

• genocide
• rwanda
• myanmar
• media
• facebook