Facebook under fire for promoting hate speech during Tigray conflict

Facebook under fire for promoting hate speech during Tigray conflict

Last December, a complaint was lodged against Facebook’s Meta company at the Facebook Network Moderation Center in Nairobi for “inciting violence” and “spreading hate speech” in connection with the conflict in Tigray, a province in northwestern Ethiopia shaken by a deadly civil war. What exactly is Facebook accused of? Interview with researcher Alessandro Accorsi of the International Crisis Group.

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