When the power of Facebook in Myanmar is raised, most point to one case study: Ashin Wirathu, an ultranationalist monk, who is behind the anti-Muslim Ma Ba Tha movement. His public sermons were so hateful that he was banned by the government from delivering them, so he turned to Facebook where he gained a huge following. Human rights experts point to the hate speech and fake news spread via Facebook, as having stoked violence against the Rohingyas.