Meta pressed to compensate war victims amid claims Facebook inflamed Tigray conflict

Meta is facing growing calls to set up a restitution fund for victims of the Tigray war, which Facebook is alleged to have fueled leading to over 600,000 deaths and the displacement of millions others across Ethiopia.

Rights group Amnesty International, in a new (TPLF) escalated in the Northern region of the East African country.

The report recounts how, before the war broke and during the conflict, Meta , civil society groups and its “Trusted Partners” expressing how Facebook could contribute to mass violence in Ethiopia. For instance, in June 2020, four months before the war broke out in northern Ethiopia, digital rights organizations sent a letter to Meta about the harmful content circulating on Facebook in Ethiopia, warning that it could “lead to physical violence and other acts of hostility and discrimination against minority groups.” The letter made a number of recommendations including “ceasing algorithmic amplification of content inciting violence, temporary changes to sharing functionalities, and a human rights impact assessment into the company’s operations in Ethiopia.” Amnesty International says similar systematic failures were witnessed in Myanmar like the use of an automated content removal system that could not read local typeface and allowed

Based on reporting by techcrunch.com.