https://www.voanews.com/a/rohingya-...50-billion-over-myanmar-violence/6342430.html " Rohingya Refugees Sue Facebook for $150 Billion Over Myanmar Violence December 07, 2021 3:50 AM Reuters Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, for $150 billion over allegations that the social media company did not take action against anti-Rohingya hate speech that contributed to violence. A U.S. class-action complaint, filed in California on Monday by law firms Edelson PC and Fields PLLC, argues that the company’s failures to police content and its platform’s design contributed to real-world violence faced by the Rohingya community. In a coordinated action, British lawyers also submitted a letter of notice to Facebook’s London office. Facebook did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment about the lawsuit. <...ctd at above link(s) ...> "
Its kind of stupid when you think about how the world is moving towards something always being someone else's problem, but if the US wants all platforms to police everything that is said and have the power to silence anyone they don't like, then they need to also be held accountable for when they mess up.
You live by the sword, you die by the sword. If you're in full censorship mode on your platform, you're liable for what is posted.
Somewhere I read that in this case there's an ex-Facebook insider as an undisclosed (ie. protected) whistleblower with much evidence... I think the same was practiced in India between Hindus and Muslims. These sick people at FB and the people behind them, incl. some Intelligence Agencies like Mossa*, do like creating such hate and tensions between religions and ethnicities... Ie. Clash of Civilizations shit these sick brains do like so much... I think the mostly Muslim victims in India should sue Facebook similarly as well, IMO. I always knew this Facebook is a criminal organization, IMO. I've for years blocked any access to/from it centrally in my router's firewall It was a right decision...
Well I hate FB as much as anyone, since IMO they're a big driver of bad developments in democracies these days. Would be interesting to know how that price tag is calculated though. And while lawmakers can enforce high(er) standards on the tech giants like FB, similar standards for much smaller players would cut them out from competing at all. I.e. it could become another moat for megatech.