The class action lawsuit will require the company to pay $ 150 billion in compensation, or about $ 133 billion.
Tens Rohingya refugees in Myanmar have sued Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms Inc. In the lawsuit, the service is accused of failing to intervene in hate speech seen as inciting violence against Rohingya.
According to the lawsuit, the service’s algorithms also contribute to the spread of misinformation as well as extremist ideas, which in turn leads to violence in the real world.
Meta is required to pay $ 150 billion in compensation, or about $ 133 billion. The class action was filed in California on Monday. For example, the news agencies Reuters and AFP and BBC.
Over 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar in army raids in the fall of 2017. The raids were reported to have involved massacres, rapes and arson in villages.
The predominantly Muslim minority continues to face widespread discrimination in Myanmar, Southeast Asia. The Rohingya have also been attacked by citizens of Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
Many social media content that described Rohingya and other Muslims as dogs, worms, and rapists, for example, called for violence. In its own report, Reuters found at least 1,000 hate speech Facebook updates in 2018. The information in the Reuters article will be used in the lawsuit.
That same year, the UN also highlighted the role of Facebook in violence against Rohingya.
Read more: UN report: Myanmar’s military leadership had ‘intent on genocide’ – Rohingya Muslims have been burned in their homes, raped in front of their loved ones and mutilated
The action according to Facebook’s growth is driven by anger, disagreement and misinformation. These are said to have destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya minorities in their wake.
Facebook has said it is working to “keep people safe”. However, it is accused of allowing hate speech and dangerously false information to spread on its platform for years.
The company also admitted in 2018 that it did not do enough to combat the hate speech inciting violence against the Rohingya.
Read more: “The anger has grown disproportionately,” says Knut Østby, UN chief of Myanmar, who believes there are no alternatives for the Rohingya people who have fled the country.
Read more: Facebook eliminates hate speech and false news with tougher hand in Asia – False rumors have sparked violence and riots
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