A new lawsuit has been filed against Facebook parent company Meta, claiming that the platform enabled the incitement of hatred in Etihiopia's civil war. "The content moderation decisions that are being taken by Facebook are matters of life and death," British lawyer Rosa Curling, a director from equitable tech advocacy organization Foxglove Legal, told DW. "Nairobi is the hub for content moderation in relation to about 500 million users in Africa, and it's crucial the content moderation individuals who are doing this work are properly valued, properly paid, and that there is a vast increase in number for the Ethiopian market," she said. They are now asking the court to force Meta, whose regional content moderation hub is in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, to implement emergency measures to restrict violent content and increase moderation staff. Meta has faced repeated allegations of failing to hire enough moderation staff familiar with local languages and culture.

Source: Ethiopian News December 15, 2022 10:55 UTC