A case filed in Kenya’s High courts wants Meta to set up a $2 billion fund for victims of hate on Facebook, make changes to the platform’s algorithm, and hire more local-language moderators. “If Facebook had just stopped the spread of hate and moderated posts properly, my father would still be alive,” Meareg told the BBC. Is Facebook making ethnic violence worse? Last year, whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former employee, told the US Senate the platform’s algorithm was “literally fanning ethnic violence” in countries like Ethiopia. Related stories😖 Hate speech on Facebook is here to stay🇮🇳 Facebook has not done enough to fix its hate-speech problem in India✋ Facebook doesn’t need a new name.

Source: Ethiopian News December 14, 2022 17:05 UTC