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Coverage dated December 13, 2022

Ethiopians file lawsuit against Meta over hate speech in war

Headline from WHEC Rochester

Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, over hate speech they say was allowed and even promoted on the social media platform amid heated rhetoric over their country’s deadly Tigray conflict.

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  1. WHEC Rochester

    Ethiopians file lawsuit against Meta over hate speech in war (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, over hate speech they say was allowed and even promoted on the social media platform amid heated rhetoric over their country’s deadly Tigray conflict.

  2. Al Jazeera

    Meta sued for $2bn over Facebook posts ‘rousing hate’ in Ethiopia (opens Al Jazeera)

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    A lawsuit filed in Kenya alleges Facebook’s recommendations systems amplified violent posts, inflaming the conflict.

  3. France 24

    Lawsuit accuses social media giant Meta of inflaming Ethiopia’s civil war (opens France 24)

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    A new lawsuit has accused Meta Platforms META.O of enabling violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook, inflaming the country's bloody civil war.

  4. PBS NewsHour

    Ethiopians file lawsuit against Meta over hate speech in Tigray war (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook's parent company, Meta, over hate speech they say was allowed and even promoted on the social media platform amid heated rhetoric over their country's deadly Tigray conflict.

  5. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Ethiopians file lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company over hate speech in war (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Ethiopia’s two-year Tigray conflict is thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people.

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