Source: Amnesty International –
In response to the High Court ruling that a case in which Meta is accused of promoting content that led to ethnic violence and killings in Ethiopia from 2020 to 2022, can proceed to trial in Kenya, Mandi Mudarikwa, Head of Strategic Litigation at Amnesty International, said:
“Today’s ruling is a positive step towards holding big tech companies accountable for contributing to human rights abuses. It paves the way for justice and serves notice to big tech platforms that the era of impunity is over.
“Communities and individuals affected by corporate human rights abuses committed by multinationals often struggle to access justice, in part because companies like Meta can use their terms of service to restrict jurisdiction to courts out of reach of many victims.
“This ruling offers hope that marginalized groups can access justice no matter where they are in the world. The idea of looking at countries outside the US and Europe as mere markets where profits can be made in the absence of accountability must be challenged.
Mandi Mudarikwa, Head of Strategic Litigation at Amnesty International
“It’s time for these platforms to abide by their responsibilities and prioritize human rights over profit.”