Amnesty International has accused Facebook of exacerbating violence during the two-year Conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The rights group claims that Facebook's algorithms amplified the spread of harmful rhetoric and that the company did not adequately address the issue. This is another challenge for Facebook's parent company, Meta, which has previously denied similar claims. The conflict in Tigray resulted in an estimated 600,000 deaths, and Facebook's role in propagating hate speech has come under increasing scrutiny. Meta is currently facing a lawsuit for its failure to address harmful content.

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