Military personnel in Myanmar were the main force behind a systematic campaign on Facebook that targeted the Rohingya minority group , according to officials and researchers in the country . The campaign , which dates back over half a decade , exploited the popularity of Facebook which is widely used in Myanmar . At times, according to Moe Htet Nay, an activist who kept tabs on it, the ties of the Opposite Eyes Facebook page to the military spilled into the open. Human rights groups have blamed such users for inciting rapes and murders and causing the largest forced human migration in recent years . Facebook removed the official accounts of senior military leaders in August , but the extent of the propaganda campaign was undetected because of the use of fake names and accounts .
Military personnel in Myanmar were the main force behind a systematic campaign on Facebook that targeted the Rohingya minority group , according to officials and researchers in the country . The campaign , which dates back over half a decade , exploited the popularity of Facebook which is widely used in Myanmar . Human rights groups have blamed such users for inciting rapes and murders and causing the largest forced human migration in recent years . Facebook removed the official accounts of senior military leaders in August , but the extent of the propaganda campaign was undetected because of the use of fake names and accounts .