The Nairobi court rejects the target appeal. Can try in the Mother House of Facebook in Kenya – Internet
Three lawyers a A litigation of more than two billion euros against the target In December 2022.
In this case the company has questioned the jurisdiction of the authority, but “Today’s decision rejected this argument and confirmed that this case is the jurisdiction of the Kenyan courts”Foxglov, which supports the complaints, said in a statement to the Non-Governance Organization (NGO).
One of the lawyers Abram MeregEthiopian educational institution His father, a chemistry teacher from Tigre area of North Ethiopia, was murdered by racist attack on Facebook and later In November 2021.
The attack took place during the conflict against the Ethiopian government and the rebelsIt killed hundreds of thousands of people between 2020 and 2022 and ended with a peace agreement signed in South Africa last November.
Abram tried to remove messages that cause Facebook defamation, no benefit.
The second complainant is also Ethiopian, Fisseha ranThe former researcher and a legal adviser to the Organization for Defense of Human Rights International (AI). TheThe reports of violence in the Ethiopian war have been misused on Facebook.
Third The Kenyan company was created to protect the country’s constitution.
Parties, it They think that this goal may have been violated by the constitution, calling for compensation of 250 billion Kenyan Jelins (about 1.74 billion euros). Foxglov said that to create a re -establishment fund for African victims’ hatred and violence on Facebook.
The company has called for Kenya 50 billion (about 349 million euros) for such compensation due to sponsored publications.
This process has the support of various organizationsAmnesty International, Kenyan Human Rights Commission and Cunia Bar Association.
In spite of the accusations, The goal stated that it does not allow for hate speeches and violence to inspire In Facebook and Instagram platforms investing in technical and human resources to control this content.
In September 2024, Nairobi’s Appeal Court, in another case, confirmed that the former Facebook content moderators could attempt to try in the Kenyan court against legal removal by the target.
