‘It is the internet’: Rohingya launch $150bn Facebook lawsuit over genocide hate speech

Victims in UK and US legal action claim social media giant failed to prevent incitement of violence

A Rohingya refugee carries his mother in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, Bangladesh
A Rohingya refugee carries his mother in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, Bangladesh
(Image credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Facebook’s failure to combat hate speech was a key factor in the 2017 genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, a legal action launched today has claimed.

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