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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Earlier this year, Meta* faced another lawsuit in Africa connected to poor working conditions for the company\u2019s employees in Kenya. US technology giant Meta Platforms Inc. has been accused of amplifying hate speech and inciting violence in a lawsuit at Kenya\u2019s High Court, according to media reports.<\/p>\n

Two researchers from Ethiopia, Abrham Meareg and Fisseha Tekle, along with Kenyan human rights group the Katiba Institute with support from legal non-profit organization Foxglove, filed a case against the multinational corporation after Meareg\u2019s father, chemistry Professor Meareg Amare, was shot and killed in November 2021.<\/p>\n

According to the court filings, the murder followed several hateful posts on Facebook, targeting the professor for attack. The claimants demand around $2 billion in restitution.<\/p>\n

According to him, the posts were related to the conflict in the Tigray region, which broke out in November 2020. Meareg noted that his request to delete publications inciting hate against Tigrayans such as his family was only answered by Meta a week after the professor was murdered.<\/p>\n

Meta\u2019s Facebook platform utilizes an algorithm that recommends content that users are most likely to interact with. According to the petitioners, the company\u2019s moderation of content related to countries \u201cvulnerable to war, conflict, ethnic cleansing and genocide,\u201d many of which are in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, is insufficient.<\/p>\n

The claimants have also called on the firm to provide better wages and working conditions to content moderators focused on developing countries. In 2021, a similar lawsuit was started against Meta related to violence-inciting posts published during the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar.<\/p>\n

In March 2022, Meta became the first public company to be banned as an extremist organization in Russia after the firm allowed calls for violence against Russians in the context of the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

Those hate speech incidents, among other things, included calls for the demise of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia imposed sanctions on Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, in April.<\/p>\n

A 2018 Meta report found that the firm\u2019s efforts to prevent their products from being used as platforms to \u201cfoment division and incite offline violence\u201d were inadequate.<\/p>\n

*Meta is banned as an extremist organization in Russia.<\/p>\n

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