The city houses Facebook's East African content moderation hub, which opened in 2019. The plaintiffs are seeking a $1.6 billion victims' fund and a bigger and better-supported moderation team. "Feedback from local civil society organizations and international institutions guides our safety and integrity work in Ethiopia. Of the 85 languages spoken in Ethiopia, only three were covered by Facebook's content moderation practices, the lawsuit says. In 2018, the United Nations said that Facebook played a key role in fueling violence in Myanmar.

Source: Ethiopian News December 17, 2022 10:16 UTC