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Rohingya refugees sue social media platform Facebook over violence incidents

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Inability of the social media giant Facebook to control the content that goes into it and how it is reflecting on the society is the reason for a major violent breakout in Myanmar as per a new finding by the United States . After this, the Rohingya refugees from the nation have decided to sue Facebook, which is now known as Meta Platforms Inc, for $150 billion. They accused the platform of failing to take actions against the anti-Rohingya hate speech on the platform which led to violence in the region.   Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion, alleging it helped perpetuate genocide in Myanmar https://t.co/8WZT6sfI2J — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 7, 2021 The report has been constituted by a US class action committee which complained regarding the damage that Facebook is capable of doing with extreme free flow of content. It filed the complaint on Monday in California against this practice.   It asserted that despite being such ...