A newly filed lawsuit in Kenya seeks US$1.6 billion from social media giant Meta, in order to establish a victims compensation fund on behalf of people targeted for violence in Ethiopia because of widely shared Facebook posts. Amnesty International announced Wednesday that it filed the suit along with six other human rights and legal organizations. Among the parties is Abraham Amare, whose father was targeted by posts that led to ethnic violence. He now lives in exile in Kenya after he was targeted by incendiary posts on Facebook. “Because of the hate and disinformation on Facebook, human rights defenders have also become targets of threats and vitriol.

Source: Ethiopian News December 15, 2022 13:41 UTC