So Meta, as the company is known, declined to comment on this lawsuit. But they released a statement. Quote, "we're appalled by the crimes committed against the Rohingya people in Myanmar." It went on to say that they have hired Burmese speakers. As a result of these revelations, they've banned the entities linked to the military in Myanmar. I mean, Facebook has admitted that it didn't do enough to stop hate speech against the Rohingya back in 2017 in particular. So what are you looking for with the suit?
But it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. And that goes for fake news, for foreign interference in elections and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy. We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake. And it was my mistake. And I'm sorry.
Facebook: We didn’t do enough to prevent Myanmar violence
In 2018, Facebook said that it agreed with a report from the non-profit organization Business for Social Responsibility that it wasn't "doing enough to help prevent our platform from being used to foment division and incite offline violence," in Myanmar, following violence against the Rohingya minority.
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