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"Facebook profited from our suffering. The survivors have no option other than a lawsuit against Facebook. It will be an injustice if Rohingya survivors are not compensated for their losses," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.In an earlier statement in response to the lawsuit, a Meta spokesperson said the company was"appalled by the crimes committed against the Rohingya people in Myanmar.
"The timing of these announcements shows the lawsuit is a wake-up call. The lawsuit itself is quite a bold move, but the Rohingya clearly felt there were sufficient grounds," she said. A Reuters investigation that year, cited in the U.S. complaint, found more than 1,000 examples of posts, comments and images attacking the Rohingya and other Muslims on Facebook.
While the technology industry and others have long held that Section 230 is a crucial protection, the statute has become increasingly controversial as the power of internet companies has grown.
Facebook has its fingerprints in driving and compounding the misinformation, violence, hatred, doxxing, harassment & cyberbullying all over the world. And it is alarming considering the scale and size of its corporation. It is an unstoppable problem.
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