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social media.”197
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Facebook’s admissions that it should have done more to prevent the genocide in
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Burma—and its subsequent efforts, if any—came too late for the tens of thousands of Rohingya
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who have been murdered, raped, and tortured, and for the hundreds of thousands who are now
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living in squalid refugee camps and displaced from their home across the world.
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FACTS SPECIFIC TO JANE DOE
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Rakhine State, Burma.
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Plaintiff Jane Doe is a Rohingya Muslim woman who previously lived in the
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In 2012, Plaintiff was about 16 years old, her father was detained, beaten, and
tortured for two weeks by the Myanmar military.
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Around the same time, many young Rohingya girls in Plaintiff’s village and
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nearby villages were being taken from their families. Members of the Myanmar military came to
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Plaintiff’s village, and anyone who left their homes was killed. Plaintiff saw at least seven men
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killed, as well as an elderly woman. Plaintiff knew that many others in her village were also
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killed, including women and children, but she could only see those directly in the vicinity of her
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home.
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Fearful that she would be abducted and sexually assaulted or killed herself,
Plaintiff’s family eventually urged her to flee Burma alone.
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Plaintiff joined a group of Rohingya fleeing by boat to Bangladesh. She traveled
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to Thailand and then Malaysia, where the UNHCR eventually arranged for her resettlement in
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the United States.
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Plaintiff is gravely concerned about her parents and her sisters, who remain in
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Burma. Their homes and the small store that was their livelihood were destroyed during ethnic
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violence. Plaintiff’s family land, home, and personal property were eventually seized and those
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that remained behind in Burma were forced from their homes. They lack any reliable source of
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Giulia Saudelli, Facebook whistleblower warns company is neglecting languages other
than English, DW, https://www.dw.com/en/facebook-whistleblower-warns-company-isneglecting-languages-other-than-english/a-59739260.
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