>It's difficult for me to accept the article's insinuation that in such an environment, Facebook must somehow do more to counteract the undercurrents of society

>It's difficult for me to accept the article's insinuation that in such an environment, Facebook must somehow do more to counteract the undercurrents of society. Your conclusion is fairly bizarre given the explanation preceding it. If a country is "a sharply divided tinderbox with many prejudices and preconceptions, and some people will latch onto a rumour that in their mind provides the necessary justification to commit violence and murder against another ethnicity", isn't that all the more reason for entities like Facebook to take extreme care in how they disseminate information? If you're entering an area filled with flammable material, you should be doubly cautious about starting a fire.