{"id":5260,"date":"2018-12-09T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T16:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-criticised-for-tone-deaf-myanmar-tweets\/"},"modified":"2018-12-09T16:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T16:24:45","slug":"twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-criticised-for-tone-deaf-myanmar-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-criticised-for-tone-deaf-myanmar-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey criticised for ‘tone deaf’ Myanmar tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Twitter’s chief executive has been criticised for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country.<\/p>\n

In a series of tweets, Jack Dorsey said he had travelled to northern Myanmar last month for a meditation retreat.<\/p>\n

“The people are full of joy and the food is amazing,” he said, before encouraging his 4m followers to visit.<\/p>\n

But some accused him of ignoring the plight of the Muslim Rohingya minority.<\/p>\n

Last year, Myanmar’s military launched a violent crackdown after Rohingya militants carried out attacks on several police posts.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people have been killed, and human rights organisations say the army has burned land and committed arbitrary killings and rape.<\/p>\n

“Writing what is effectively a free tourism advert for them at this time is reprehensible,” one Twitter user wrote in response to Mr Dorsey’s tweets.<\/p>\n

“The tone-deafness here is… wow,” another user said.<\/p>\n

“This is an extremely irresponsible recommendation,” one response reads. “Does he pay no attention to the news and the outcry on his own platform?”<\/p>\n

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The military crackdown sparked an exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya who have since fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape the violence and the destruction of their homes.<\/p>\n

The UN has described the operation as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” and says senior Myanmar officials should be investigated and tried for genocide.<\/p>\n

The army has previously cleared itself of all wrongdoing<\/a> and rejects the UN’s allegations.<\/p>\n

Mohammed Jamjoom, a correspondent for Al Jazeera who has interviewed Rohingya refugees, said he was left “utterly speechless” by Mr Dorsey’s tweets.<\/p>\n

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Others pointed to the role social media platforms, such as the one Mr Dorsey heads up, have played in the Rohingya crisis.<\/p>\n

Last month, Facebook said it agreed with a report that found it failed to prevent its platform from being used to “incite offline violence”<\/a> in Myanmar.<\/p>\n

“Social media [is] amplifying the genocide and meanwhile, Jack Dorsey proudly tweets about the amazing silent retreat he did,” one tweet reads.<\/p>\n

“While you were meditating in Myanmar, any revelations on how you’re going to stop their [government] and supporters from using your platform?” another user wrote.<\/p>\n

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Mr Dorsey has not responded to the criticism, but earlier said he would track the responses to his tweets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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