A new lawsuit accuses Facebook of playing a role in political violence in Africa and seeks to hold it accountable by demanding more than $2 billion in restitution funds and major changes to the service’s content moderation efforts in the continent.The class-action lawsuit was filed in Nairobi, Kenya, where Facebook opened a major content moderation hub for Eastern and Southern Africa in 2019, accuses the company of monetizing the viral potential of hate and violence in conflict-torn Ethiopia, in violation of more than 10 articles of Kenya’s Constitution.“Feedback from local civil society organizations and international institutions guides our safety and integrity work in Ethiopia.We employ staff with local knowledge and expertise and continue to develop our capabilities to catch violating content in the most widely spoken languages in the country, including Amharic, Oromo, Somali and Tigrinya.” An Amnesty International report from earlier this year found that Meta contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people in 2017.And intentionally, due to their deliberate dismissal of the consequences and harm, they just prefer to focus on their profit-making.” DelMoro, the Facebook spokesman, declined to answer specific questions about the company’s content moderation staffing for Ethiopia, but he pointed to changes the company announced on Nov. 9, 2021, about a week after Meareg’s murder, which allows Facebook to proactively address potentially violent material in Ethiopia."