Rohingya refugees from Myanmar accuse Facebook of $150B of increasing hatred

Key takeaways: 

• Group states social media titan didn’t do sufficient to prevent hate speech that added to violence.
•  U.N. human rights analysts stated Facebook had performed a key part in increasing hate speech that stoked violence against Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar sue Facebook: 

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are accusing Meta Platforms Inc, previously known as Facebook, of $150 billion US over accusations that the social media firm did not take effect against anti-Rohingya hate speech that added to violence.

A U.S. class-action charge, filed in California on Monday by law company Edelson PC and Fields PLLC, contends that the firm’s failures to police content and its platform’s plan presented to real-world violence suffered by the Rohingya community.

In a coordinated effort, British attorneys also presented a report of notice to Facebook’s London office.

Facebook did not instantly reply to the media demand for comment about the suit. The firm has stated it was “too slow to prevent misinformation and hate” in Myanmar and has stated it has since taken measures to crack down on platform violations in the province, including forbidding the military from Facebook and Instagram after Feb. 1 stroke. Source – cbc.ca

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Facebook has stated it is shielded from liability over content posted by users by a U.S. internet rule known as Section 230, which ensures that online platforms are not responsible for content posted by third parties.

The charge states it tries to use Myanmar law to the requirements if Section 230 is built as a defence.

‘Strange to be successful,’ states rule prof

Although U.S. courts can implement foreign rule in cases where the alleged abuses and activity by firms took place in other nations, two legal specialists interviewed by the media stated they did not know of a thriving model for foreign rule being requested in lawsuits against social media firms where Section 230 protections could use.