Meta is accused of allowing violent and hateful posts to spread on Facebook. The plaintiffs said the social network's recommendation systems amplified violent posts in Ethiopia - where thousands were killed in a conflict between the federal government and rebels in northern Tigray. Several posts are alleged to have preceded the murder of the father of one of the researchers. The lawsuit alleges that the father of Abrham Meareg, one of the Ethiopian researchers, faced ethnic slurs and calls for his death in Facebook posts that revealed where he lived. According to the lawsuit, Abrham's father, an ethnic Tigrayan, was murdered in November last year.

Source: Ethiopian News December 15, 2022 23:39 UTC