(Reuters) - Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, for $150 billion over allegations that the social media company did not take action against anti-Rohingya hate speech that contributed to violence. The complaint says it seeks to apply Burmese law to the claims if Section 230 is raised as a defense. More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar's Rakhine state in August 2017 after a military crackdown that refugees said included mass killings and rape. In 2018, U.N. human rights investigators said the use of Facebook had played a key role in spreading hate speech that fueled the violence. In September, a U.S. federal judge ordered Facebook to release records of accounts connected to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar that the social media giant had shut down.

Source: The Star December 07, 2021 19:31 UTC