Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook's parent company, Meta, over hate speech they say was allowed and even promoted on the social media platform amid heated rhetoric over their country's deadly Tigray conflict. The lawsuit, also backed by Kenya-based legal organization the Katiba Institute, seeks the creation of a $1.6 billion fund for victims of hate speech. A Facebook spokesman, Ben Walters, told The Associated Press they could not comment on the lawsuit because they haven't received it. Hate speech and incitement to violence are against these rules and we invest heavily in teams and technology to help us find and remove this content." The AP and more than a dozen other media outlets last year explored how Facebook had failed to quickly and effectively moderate hate speech in cases around the world, including in Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News December 14, 2022 14:39 UTC