Mark Zuckerberg might be looking out for a shiny future in the metaverse, but the company’s past mistakes continue to haunt him. Amidst the ongoing Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, a number of refugees from the community currently based in the US and UK have sued Meta to the tune of $150 billion, for failing to clamp down on hate speech against the minority group. Before we look at the allegations against the company, a quick recap of what happened. Background In 2017, the Burmese military forces began a ‘clearance operation’ to drive out more than half a million Rohingya Muslims…
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