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. 

HIGHLIGHTS
Rohingya include Muslim minority who were targeted by Myanmar's military rulers
The company executives knew which site had fuelled the spread of toxic content
Facebook had vowed to revamp its company values and operations

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 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 and 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 the home state of Facebook and its parent company Meta, refugees were seeking $150 billion in damages.

The NGO had urged Facebook to undertake 'proactive human rights due diligence' 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 organizations and international institutions.'

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.

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