Ethopia: Amnesty welcomes Kenya court ruling allowing $2.4B lawsuit against Meta for fueling violence, killings amid war in Tigray

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Published on 2025-04-04 08:09:40

Meareg Amare (on the right) was tragically killed after being targeted by a hate speech campaign on social media (Photo: Abrham Meareg)

Addis Abeba– Amnesty International has welcomed a ruling by the High Court of Kenya that determined it has jurisdiction to hear a case against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, over allegations that the platform contributed to “ethnic violence and killings” during the two-year war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

The case, which seeks a $2.4 billion (approximately £1.8 billion) “restitution…

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