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Technology giant Meta Platforms Inc. is accused of amplifying hate speech and inciting to violence in Africa in a lawsuit in Kenya’s high court, according to media reports.
With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that’s been his home since 2017, Maung Sawyeddollah, 21, describes what happened when violent hate speech and disinformation targeting the Rohingya minority in Myanmar began to spread on Facebook.
The scale of Meta’s content removals points to the sheer deluge of hate speech and disinformation that is flowing through the country’s social media networks.
The majority of the content in the report is based on detection by social media platforms before users reported to them.
There has been a rise of around 37.82 per cent in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86 per cent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram in April, according to a monthly report released by Meta.