肯尼亚高等法院允许对Meta提起诉讼, 指控Meta在埃塞俄比亚种族暴力事件中扮演的角色。
Kenya's High Court allows lawsuit against Meta for alleged role in Ethiopian ethnic violence.
肯尼亚高等法院裁定, 可以审理针对Meta(脸书的母公司)的诉讼, 指控其平台煽动仇恨言论, 导致埃塞俄比亚提格雷地区的种族暴力。
Kenya's High Court has ruled that it can hear a lawsuit against Meta (Facebook's parent company) over allegations that its platform amplified hate speech, contributing to ethnic violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region.
本案由埃塞俄比亚原告和肯尼亚一家机构提出,要求为受害人设立24亿美元的补偿基金。
The case, filed by Ethiopian plaintiffs and a Kenyan institute, seeks a $2.4 billion compensation fund for victims.
Meta辩称,肯尼亚法院没有管辖权,但法院驳回了这一申诉,这为追究技术公司对其全球影响的责任开创了潜在的先例。
Meta had argued that Kenyan courts lack jurisdiction, but the court rejected this claim, marking a potential precedent for holding tech companies accountable for their global impact.