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Meta, Formerly Facebook, Sued For $150 Billion For Enabling Genocide
Myanmar Rohingya refugees seek $150 billion from Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), formerly known as Facebook, for failing to act against hate speech that contributed to violence and genocide directed at Rohingyas in Myanmar.According to Edelson PC and Fields PLLC's lawsuit, the company failed to police content that contributed to violence against the Rohingya community. Furthermore, in coordination with British lawyers, Facebook's London office was given a letter of notice. In 2018, U.N. human rights investigators reported that Facebook had played a key role in spreading hate speech that fueled violence and genocide against the Rohingya. The U.N. fact-finding mission...
