Rohingya sue Facebook for $150B, alleging role in violence

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-media-violence-europe-8f43a6faac70b6f74c8e769fa883b995

Rohingya sue Facebook for $150B, alleging role in violence
BY KELVIN CHAN

Lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit Monday in California saying Facebook’s arrival in Myanmar helped spread hate speech, misinformation and incitement to violence that “amounted to a substantial cause, and eventual perpetuation of, the Rohingya genocide.”

More than 10,000 Rohingya have been killed and more than 150,000 were subject to physical violence, according to the law firms organizing the cases.

The lawsuits say Facebook’s algorithms amplified hate speech against the Rohingya people and that it didn’t spend enough money to hire moderators and fact checkers who spoke the local languages or understood the political situation.

They also say Facebook failed to shut accounts and pages or take down posts inciting violence or using hate speech directed at the ethnic group.

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Pdf of complaint:
https://rohingya-data.s3.amazonaws.com/attachments/ckwunqdtr1v3xgir2ee6ds44s-doe-meta-complaint-12-5-21-master-rff.pdf

[dchill]

1. Facebook is the equivalent of yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater.

[paleotn]

9. Exactly!

[Cobalt Violet]

2. Oh , I hope they win this.

[Sogo]

3. Me, too!

[not fooled]

4. fuckerberg's got blood on his hands

he's just several steps removed from actual bloodshed but his Frankensteinian creation is directly implicated. His sociopathic brain excuses his role via, no doubt, "freedom of speech and ideas" and other simplistic libertarian nonsense.

"Carthago delenda est!" in service of making more billions than fuckerberg can ever spend.

[paleotn]

10. May have to add "Facebook delenda est!" to my sig.

along with GQP delenda est.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Product liability

[KPN]

6. We should be doing the same thing here in the

USA.

[reACTIONary]

8. It's been filed in California...

... I don't see how this is going anywhere. It's kind of ludicrous, if you ask me.

[Fla Dem]

7. I hope FB curls up and dies.

[paleotn]

11. Facebook doesn't care about moderation and facts...

Eyeballs on screens is ALL they care about. Keep 'em clicking as decency and democracy burn.