Meta accused of enabling hateful posts As part of the Ethiopian conflict

Due to allegations that it amplified hate speech and incitement to violence on Facebook, Meta is currently being sued in Kenya. $2 billion is what the petitioners ask for in restitution money. Abrham Meareg Amare and Fisseha Tekle, two Ethiopian scholars, have sued Meta Platforms Inc. in Kenya's High Court over alleged hate speech and violence, with the assistance of the legal non-profit Foxglove and the human rights organisation Katiba Institute. They charged Meta with promoting hate speech and incitement to violence on Facebook, according to a report . The petitioners are also seeking protection against the platform's harmful architecture, which encourages hateful content based on the platform's algorithm, as well as its failure to confront violence. In addition, the lawsuit claims that Meta underinvests in Latin America and the Middle East as well as African nations, where content filtering is concerned. The petitioners therefore want the corporation to concentrate on censoring its content about these nations, particularly those that are susceptible to war, violence, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. They demanded that Meta give the workers who will be doing this task better pay and working conditions in order for this to take place. For Kenyans who have been the victims of hate and violence on Facebook, the petitioners are asking for $2 billion, or 250 billion Kenyan shillings. Meareg Amare Abrha, a professor of chemistry, was shot and killed outside his home last month as a result of a few posts that featured hate speech and violence and which singled him out for assault due to unsubstantiated and unproven claims. He was the father of one of the lawsuit's petitioners. [caption id="attachment_67148" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] (Image: stock image and Meta logo)[/caption] According to reports, a picture of his father and the address of his home were shared online. Meareg claims that he attempted to report the harmful and abusive information to Facebook but did not hear back until his father was killed. Added he, "My father would still be alive today if Facebook had only prevented the spread of hate and properly monitored messages. I want Facebook to apologise for my father's murder and provide justice to the millions of my fellow Africans who were harmed by its business practises."