Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta, alleging the company allowed hate speech that intensified the country's ethnic conflict in the Tigray region.
Meta Platforms is facing a lawsuit in Kenya’s high court accusing the company of failing Africans by amplifying hate speech and incitement to violence on Facebook and calling for about US$2-billion (R35-billion) in restitution. The case has been filed by Ethiopian researchers Abrham Meareg and Fisseha Tekle, along with Kenyan…