US January 6 Capitol attackThe reason why Facebook acted against PM Abiy may not have anything to do with Ethiopia. The shift by Facebook and other companies in how they handle politicians’ content has had global implications. As the whistleblower Haugen testified in Congress, Facebook fuels Ethiopia’s civil war in which hate speech on Facebook is rampant. In a post published on the platform, Zuckerberg dismissed the claim. In today’s information age, the sphere is the internet, and without an open internet that includes rogue players like Facebook, a democratic rule is unrealizable.

Source: Ethiopian News May 18, 2022 09:15 UTC