Meta has been accused of enabling violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook in a new lawsuit. It was brought against Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, by two Ethiopian researchers and Kenyan rights group the Katiba Institute. They have argued that Facebook's recommendations system amplified violent posts in Ethiopia, including several that preceded the murder of Abrham Mearag, the father of one of the researchers. The lawsuit described Facebook posts published in October 2021 that used ethnic slurs to refer to Mr Meareg, shared his address and called for his death. Advertisement"We invest heavily in teams and technology to help us find and remove this content," Meta spokesperson Erin McPike said.

Source: Ethiopian News December 14, 2022 10:33 UTC