Myanmar monks vow to stay on Facebook, say will dodge ban to tell the truth

Myanmar’s hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using it to “tell the truth”, they said  after the social media giant barred several Buddhist nationalists for hate messages targeting Rohingya Muslims.  

United Nations officials investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar have said Facebook has been a source of propaganda against the minority in a country where it has become a near-ubiquitous communications tool as the economy opens up.

Myanmar’s nationalist monks and activists, who have emerged as a political force in recent years, have been sharing violent and angry rhetoric on Facebook targeting the minority, seen by many in the