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Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion-Hate speech
Hate speech against the Rohingya; Rohingya refugees are suing the United States for $ 150 billion in damages, accusing Facebook of failing to crack down on misinformation.
During the 2017 conflict in northern Rakhine State, there was a lot of hatred and violence on Facebook. Discrimination A Rohingya group has filed a lawsuit in California court alleging that Facebook failed to remove misinformation, sparking violence against the Rohingya minority.
Rohingya in California
During the 2017 conflict in northern Rakhine State, there was a lot of hatred and violence on Facebook. Discrimination A Rohingya group has filed a lawsuit in California court alleging that Facebook failed to remove misinformation, sparking violence against the Rohingya minority.
At the same time, British lawyers sent a letter to the Facebook office in London, UK. Meta has not yet commented on the lawsuit.
Under U.S. Internet law, Facebook is not responsible for any content posted on Facebook. But the plaintiffs say they will try to apply Burmese law, which does not protect such companies. However, it is not clear which law in Myanmar will apply.
If American businesses invest in another country and commit human rights abuses, they can be prosecuted under US law. In the case of Facebook, some US legal experts say it is uncertain whether it is relevant.
Facebook acknowledges delays in preventing hate speech and misinformation during the 2017 conflict in Rakhine State. Since then, their company has owned Facebook, He said he had censored posts on platforms such as Instagram.
It says its pages have been removed since the February 1 military coup.
Since August 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya from Rakhine State have fled to neighboring Bangladesh due to serious human rights abuses during military crackdowns.
The military, which rejects the term Rohingya, denies any systematic human rights abuses, saying it was a crackdown on insurgents.
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