Meta faces $1.6bn lawsuit for allowing hateful posts during Ethiopia conflict

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Meta faces $1.6 billion lawsuit for allowing hateful posts during Ethiopia conflict
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Meta faces $1.6 billion lawsuit for allowing hateful posts during Ethiopia conflict

Petitioners demand that Meta create a reparation fund for victims of a war they say its 'profiteering' helped to fan

In a lawsuit filed in Kenya's high court this week, Meta has been accused of enabling hate-filled posts inciting violence on Facebook in Ethiopia. The lawsuit claims that the social media giant'...

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