The impact of social media on situations of conflict and humanitarian crisis is of growing concern, especially as platforms move away from their content moderation responsibilities in the name of “freedom of expression”. This is of particular concern since most humanitarian crises are in Global Majority countries, where language capacity for content moderation is often less than it should be.

This new report, “The Humanitarian Space on Social Media Learning from Social Media Narratives in Myanmar” finds that “Harmful online narratives are directly undermining the safety of aid agencies, partners and personnel.” and speaks to the need for greater engagement between humanitarian actors and social media companies

Ila Schoop Rutten Helen McElhinney

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