Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Did Facebook Fuel Hate in Myanmar?
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Did Facebook Fuel Hate in Myanmar?
Facebook’s dream of a more open and connected world has turned into a nightmare in Myanmar. The price of a smartphone SIM card dropped from around $200 to $2, and Facebook quickly became the app of choice, but it failed to control hate speech against Rohingyas and had very few employees who could read Burmese. What, following criticism in a UN report, is it doing now?
Is one particular model of car really the safest on the road in the UK, and how can new technology reduce road accidents round the world?
Have you ever been captivated by a book, full of stories you never knew, revelled in that new knowledge …and then forgotten it all? If the answer is yes, take heart; you are not alone. Sandra Kanthal asks why do we remember some facts easily, and but let others slip away, completely forgetting the things we’ve learned.
Photo: Rohingya refugees pictured in August 2017. Credit: Getty Images
View all episodes
By BBC World Service
4.5
1010 ratings
Facebook’s dream of a more open and connected world has turned into a nightmare in Myanmar. The price of a smartphone SIM card dropped from around $200 to $2, and Facebook quickly became the app of choice, but it failed to control hate speech against Rohingyas and had very few employees who could read Burmese. What, following criticism in a UN report, is it doing now?
Is one particular model of car really the safest on the road in the UK, and how can new technology reduce road accidents round the world?
Have you ever been captivated by a book, full of stories you never knew, revelled in that new knowledge …and then forgotten it all? If the answer is yes, take heart; you are not alone. Sandra Kanthal asks why do we remember some facts easily, and but let others slip away, completely forgetting the things we’ve learned.
Photo: Rohingya refugees pictured in August 2017. Credit: Getty Images
More shows like The Thought Show
View all
Global News Podcast
7,792 Listeners
Newshour
1,060 Listeners
In Our Time
5,536 Listeners
The Documentary Podcast
1,798 Listeners
6 Minute English
1,810 Listeners
Learning English Conversations
1,080 Listeners
The Infinite Monkey Cage
1,956 Listeners
13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II
4,170 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
3,212 Listeners
Americast
768 Listeners