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title: "Rohingyas to be Compensated for Hate Speech by Facebook"  
description: "Facebook need to pay reparations to many thousands of Rohingya, forced from their homes in Mayanmar in a campaign exacerbated by rampant online hate s"  
author: "Siddhi Shaw"  
published: 2022-09-30  
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category: "facebook"  
tags: ["facebook", "compensation"]  
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# Rohingyas to be Compensated for Hate Speech by Facebook

**Facebook** need to pay reparations to many thousands of **Rohingya** who were forced from their homes in **Myanmar** within a campaign exacerbated by rampant online hate speech.

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HIGHLIGHTSRohingya include Muslim minority who were targeted by Myanmar's military rulersThe company executives knew which site had fuelled the spread of toxic contentFacebook had vowed to revamp its company values and operations
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The Rohingya who would include mainly the **Muslim minority**, were targeted by Myanmar's military rulers in **2017** and were driven into the [neighboring country](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95703/which-neighboring-country-of-india-has-adopted-india-s-bhim-upi) Bangladesh where they have been living in sprawling **refugee camps**.

The victims' associations and rights advocates have argued that the violence was ramped up by Facebook's algorithms, they mentioned that they have been playing up extremist content that would encourage harmful [misinformation](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304586/the-role-of-advertisement-to-spread-misinformation) and [hate speech](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1823/kenya-had-ordered-facebook-to-tackle-its-hate-speech).

It had noted that the revelations from the whistleblower '**Facebook Papers**' had divulged in **October 2021**. It has indicated that the company executives already had the idea about the site which fuelled the spread of toxic content against ethnic minorities and alternative groups.

By Rohingya representatives three legal suits are lodged against Facebook in **US** and **Britain** in addition with the **OECD group** of developed economies, under its guidelines for accountable business conduct.

In the US complaint which was filed last **December** in **California**, which has been [considered as](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156093/what-is-considered-as-more-significant-creating-content-or-building-backlinks) the home state of **Facebook** and its parent company **Meta**, refugees were seeking **$150 billion** in damages.

The **NGO** had urged [Facebook](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1940/ways-of-editing-deleting-and-restoring-the-facebook-posts) to undertake '**proactive human rights [due diligence](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116227/what-is-due-diligence-report)**' across its platforms, however it has called on national authorities in order to set up the oversight.

Therefore, he had failed to specifically address the calls for reparations payments, however the person has mentioned that '**Our safety and integrity work in Myanmar had remained guided by feedback from local [civil society](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/98171/what-corrodes-civil-society) [organizations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84018/why-should-b2b-organizations-use-content-marketing) and [international institutions](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100948/how-do-international-institutions-address-the-refugee-crisis)**.'

Facebook had vowed to revamp its company values and operations in response to the pressure to restrain on false data, notably in the fields of politics and elections.

The company has cast partnerships with many media corporations which had included AFP which meant to verify online posts and take away those which were untrue.

Also Read: [During July 2.7 Crore Posts were Removed from Facebook and Instagram in India](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1948/during-july-2-7-crore-posts-were-removed-from-facebook-and-instagram-in-india)

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