{"id":377687,"date":"2021-12-07T16:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rohingya-refugees-sue-facebook-for-stoking-myanmar-genocide\/"},"modified":"2021-12-07T16:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:32:19","slug":"rohingya-refugees-sue-facebook-for-stoking-myanmar-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rohingya-refugees-sue-facebook-for-stoking-myanmar-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for stoking Myanmar genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Rohingya refugees sue <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> for stoking Myanmar genocide<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Facebook for $150 billion, alleging that the social media behemoth stoked the genocidal attacks against the Muslim ethnic group.<\/p>\n<p>The class-action complaint, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/doevmetacomplaint.pdf\">filed in California<\/a> on Monday, accused Facebook of failing to police against hateful, anti-Rohingya content on its platform.<\/p>\n<p>It said Facebook was \u201cwilling to trade the lives of the\u00a0Rohingya\u00a0people for better market penetration in a small country in south-east Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFacebook is like a robot programmed with a singular mission: to grow. And the undeniable reality is that Facebook\u2019s growth, fueled by hate, division, and misinformation, has left hundreds of thousands of devastated Rohingya lives in its wake,\u201d\u00a0the complaint read.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Facebook logo\" class=\"wp-image-20397548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The complaint, filed in California, alleged that \u2018Facebook\u2019s growth, fueled by hate, division, and misinformation, has left hundreds of thousands of devastated Rohingya lives in its wake.\u2019<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a coordinated action, lawyers in the UK also submitted a letter of notice to Facebook\u2019s London office, saying that they expect to lodge a separate claim in the high court representing Rohingya refugees in the UK and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook, which launched in Myanmar in 2011 and quickly became popular, is \u201cnaturally open to exploitation by autocratic politicians and regimes\u201d due to the nature of its algorithm, the suit in California claims.<\/p>\n<p>The Myanmar military and extremist anti-Rohingya civilians used Facebook to incite hate \u2014 and eventually violence \u2014 against the group, the suit says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in 2017. The suit against Facebook alleges that the Myanmar military and extremist groups used the social media platform to incite hate against the minority group. \" class=\"wp-image-20397559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in 2017. The suit against Facebook alleges that the Myanmar military and extremist groups used the social media platform to incite hate against the minority group. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rohingya population is a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority that was concentrated in western Myanmar, a majority Buddhist country. <\/p>\n<p>The central government of Myanmar had long denied the citizenship of the country\u2019s Rohingya residents, largely writing them off as illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh \u2014 even though the Rohingya maintain that they\u2019re descendants of merchant groups that have lived in the region for generations.<\/p>\n<p>Amid mounting tension and occasional outbursts of violence in recent decades, an alleged terrorist attack by a Rohingya faction against Myanmar police posts ignited a massive wave of violence. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Residents of the Rohingya refugee camp in the aftermath of a huge fire in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in Mar. 2021. The fire destroyed 9,000 shelters and killed at least 5 people.\" class=\"wp-image-20397571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Residents of the Rohingya refugee camp in the aftermath of a huge fire in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh, in Mar. 2021. The fire destroyed 9,000 shelters and killed at least 5 people.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Human rights groups have documented Myanmar military, police and Buddhist mobs coalescing on Rohingya villages to burn homes and kill thousands, though the government maintains that they were responding to a violent insurgency. <\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International has charged that the military also raped many Rohingya women and girls, spurring hundreds of thousands to make perilous journeys across the Naf River into Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, human rights investigators from the United Nations found that the use of Facebook played a key role in spreading hate speech that fueled the violence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rohingya Muslim children refugees wait for food handouts. The lawsuit against Facebook alleges that the company 'barely reacted' to allegations that its platform fostered hate and violence against the ethnic group.\" class=\"wp-image-20397609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/rohingya-meta-facebook-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rohingya Muslim children refugees wait for food handouts. The lawsuit against Facebook alleges that the company \u2018barely reacted\u2019 to allegations that its platform fostered hate and violence against the ethnic group.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the violence played out, the lawsuit claims, Facebook \u201cbarely reacted and devoted scant resources\u201d to monitoring the platform in Myanmar even though company officials were \u201crepeatedly alerted between 2013 and 2017 to the vast quantities of anti-Rohingya hate speech and misinformation on its system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Facebook did not immediately return The Post\u2019s request for comment, though company executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have previously acknowledged that they didn\u2019t do enough to police its platform in Myanmar. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/1356621482.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The new lawsuit also referenced claims made more recently by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who leaked thousands of internal documents from the platform. Above, Haugen testifies before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of House Energy and Commerce Committee on Dec. 1.\" class=\"wp-image-20397597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/1356621482.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/1356621482.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/1356621482.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/1356621482.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The new lawsuit also referenced claims made more recently by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. Above, Haugen testifies before the Communications and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> Subcommittee of House Energy and Commerce Committee on Dec. 1.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Facebook has also said it\u2019s legally protected from liability over content posted by users by a key US internet law known as Section 230. The complaint brought by the Rohingya groups says it seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly Myanmar law, which does not provide for the same protections as Section 230, to the claims.<\/p>\n<p>The new lawsuit also referenced claims made\u00a0more recently by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who leaked thousands of internal documents from the platform, some of which showed the company was failing to effectively\u00a0respond to abusive and harmful content\u00a0worldwide.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The class-action complaint, filed in California on Monday, accused Facebook of failing to police against hateful, anti-Rohingya content on its platform. 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