📢 BREAKING: A Kenyan court has ruled that Meta (Facebook's parent company)canbesued in Kenyaover its alleged role in spreading violent content tied to 🇪🇹's civil war.This could reshape how Big Tech is held accountable globally.
#UN#Meta#Kenya#TigrayWar https://t.co/xthPv4Kxup
Day 1618: #TigrayGenocide
Sahlework Zewdie & almost all women in power in Ethiopia have betrayed the 100,000s of #Tigrayan women+girls who have been subjected to genocidal rapes by Abiy Ahmed's regime & its cronies.
#Justice4TigraysWomenAndGirls
📢 One plaintiff Abrham Meareg says his father was murdered after Facebook posts incited violence against him.Another plaintiff,a human rights researcher says he was targeted with hate for his work. #TigrayGenocide#MetaLawsuit#Ethiopia@WhiteHouse46@hrw https://t.co/xthPv4Kxup
One plaintiff, Abrham Meareg, says his father was murdered after Facebook posts incited violence against him. Another plaintiff, a human rights researcher, says he was targeted with hate for his work. #TigrayGenocide#MetaLawsuit#Ethiopia@WhiteHouse46
Meta argued that because it isn't registered in Kenya, thelocal court had no jurisdiction.But Kenya's HighCourt rejected that claim.
"The court refused to shyawayfrom a global issue,” said the Katiba Institute.
@UKParliament@hrw@AFP#DigitalJustice#Kenya Court
📢 BREAKING: A Kenyan court has ruled that Meta (Facebook's parent company) canbesued in Kenyaover its alleged role in spreading violent content tied to🇪🇹's civil war.This could reshape how Big Tech is held accountable globally.
#UN@hrw@UN_HRC#Meta#Kenya#TigrayWar@Hili1421