Twitter boss Jack Dorsey criticised for Burma tweet

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has been criticised after promoting Burma as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuse in the country.

The social media executive revealed he had spent 10 days in the country on a meditation retreat for his birthday, and encouraged followers to visit.

Burma has been condemned by human rights organisations for violence against the Muslim Rohingya minority in the country. Andrew Stroehlein, the European media director of Human Rights Watch, tweeted: “I’m no expert on meditation, but is it supposed to make you so self-obsessed that you forget to mention you’re in a country where the military has committed mass killings and mass rape, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee?”