In October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at close range(近距离地) and died outside his family home. This was in the middle of the country’s civil war.
2021年10月，阿布拉姆·梅雷格（Abrham Meareg）的父亲——埃塞俄比亚北部城市巴赫达尔的一位化学教授——在家门外被近距离射杀身亡。当时正值该国内战期间。
For weeks, Facebook’s algorithm(算法) had actively promoted posts calling for(呼吁，要求) the academic to be murdered, according to Meareg and Foxglove, a nonprofit(非营利的) organisation supporting Meareg’s lawsuit against the company in Kenya. These posts included photos of his father and his home address.
据梅雷格和支持他在肯尼亚起诉该公司的非营利组织Foxglove称，数周以来，Facebook的算法一直在积极推广呼吁杀害这位学者的帖子。这些帖子包括他父亲的照片和家庭住址。
Meareg filed(提交（诉讼）) the lawsuit in 2022. He said he repeatedly asked Facebook to remove the posts and the company did nothing. Nearly four years later, the case has still not been heard. Foxglove said Meta, Facebook’s parent company, had “fought tooth and nail(竭尽全力，拼命) to avoid responsibility(责任)”.
梅雷格于2022年提起诉讼。他说他曾多次要求Facebook删除这些帖子，但该公司毫无作为。近四年过去了，此案仍未开庭审理。Foxglove表示，Facebook的母公司Meta“竭尽全力逃避责任”。