Facebook is being sued for more than £200billion over claims it fuelled the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
Lawyers on both sides have filed landmark cases seeking compensation in’reparation’ from the company for victims and survivors.
The group claimed that Facebook has ‘fanned hatred’ in repeatedly disregarding warnings about how the platform could be used to spread hate speech from Myanmar (formerly Burma).
Facebook is being sued for more than £200billion over claims it fuelled the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Above: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar can be seen waiting in Indonesia for help.
According to lawyers representing several charities, court action was necessary in order for the company not to ‘run the world with impunity.
After Aung San Suu Kyi’s conviction, Britain condemns Myanmar’s military junta
Britain led condemnation last night of Myanmar’s junta after Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted in the first of a raft of cases against her.
The trial was called a “sham” by UN. In it, the ousted leader was sentenced to two years imprisonment for encouraging dissent and violating Covid rules.
Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary of Myanmar said that the sentence was an ‘appalling attempt’ by Myanmar’s military regime stoke opposition.
Britain condemned Myanmar’s junta last night after Aung San Suu Kyi, the first in a series of cases against her, was convicted.
The claim is one of the largest against private firms.
After the 2017 violence, more than 25,000 Rohingya were murdered and over 800,000. fled to Bangladesh.
These attacks were launched in response to attacks on police posts by Rohingya terrorists, by the majority Buddhist nation’s military and local death squads.
UN warns of “frenzied blood-letting, mass rape” in Rakhine in west Pakistan. This includes routine abductions of girls and women.
Campaigners claimed that Facebook had failed to combat anti-Rohingya propaganda, despite the UN calling the military response a “textbook example ethnic cleansing”.
Lawyers notified Facebook UK’s UK division of the intention to take action at the High Court in a notice letter.
A formal negligence claim and breach of a duty to care will be made by Facebook later in the month. It claims that Facebook used algorithms to amplify hate speech and did not invest enough money to train local moderators.
They will accuse US companies of failing to delete online postings and accounts inciting violence.
Jason McCue of McCue Jury & Partners, which is leading the claim, said the case was an attempt to ‘stop this juggernaut of a company that is out of control’.
He stated that the Myanmar regime, along with its sympathizers in its hate speech chat rooms, allowed ethnic cleansing and toxic hatred to be used at their will.
Facebook didn’t respond to our request for comments.