situation in Myanmar, but they are not accepting it when it comes to remedy.”351 Later, in November 2020, the Rohingya youth groups again followed up with Meta to request a remedy. In a joint letter, they stated: “Last year, twenty-one Rohingya groups in the camp asked Facebook to fund an education programme in the camp, that would help pay for some of our educational needs. You refused us, but we want to ask again. In recent months, we have all become aware that Facebook knew that it was being used to incite violence against minorities like us, and that your systems were removing less than 1% of violent content. We believe we are owed a remedy. We ask you to speak to us, as leaders in the camp, about what we need. We ask that Facebook pays for scholarships for children and young people in the camp, the teachers who currently work as volunteers, and give money to camp-based organizations to conduct education programmes. We are asking for funds to support primary, secondary and high school classes in the camp, scholarships for university students, and funds for attending short courses and trainings. Through dialogue with our leaders, we can decide together how the money will be spent.”352 Meta reported record revenues of over US$117 billion in 2021, including record profits of $46.7 billion. a massive 43% increase from its 2020 profits.353 The US$ 1 million requested by the Rohingya to fund their educational initiative represents 0.002% of Meta’s 2021 profits. Mohamed Showife told Amnesty International the message he would like to deliver to Mark Zuckerberg and Meta management if he had an opportunity to address them: “I would say: now you see the entire world in front of you. You, as the founder of the Metaverse, you have the resources of the entire world in your hands. I would ask him: Do you think the Rohingya people are also human beings? Do you feel we have the same worth as you? Your dream is connecting the world in front of you, but do you know what are the dreams of the Rohingya? The Rohingya just dream of living in the same way as other people in this world – to have the right to education, to have the possibility to become engineers, a government officer – we also have the same dreams. But you, Facebook, you destroyed our dream.”354 Following Meta’s refusal to fund the educational programmes, the Rohingya youth groups behind the request decided to initiate a complaint against the company under the OECD Guidelines via the Irish National Contact Point (NCP).355 The complaint was transferred to the US NCP in June 2022.356 As of August 2022, the complaint remained under consideration. In addition to seeking funding for educational programmes, the complaint also asks that Meta “[a]djust its business model through the lens of equity, human rights, and compassion”.357 9.3 REMEDY FOR THE ROHINGYA: ADEQUATE COMPENSATION AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE As noted in Section 4.3, companies that have contributed to adverse human rights impacts have a responsibility to adequately remediate affected communities. The appropriate type of remediation depends 351 Amnesty International interview with Sawyeddollah, 06 April 2022. 352 Joint letter from Rohingya camp-based groups to Facebook, 11 November 2021, on file with Amnesty International. Meta, “Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results”, 2 February 2022, s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2021/q4/FB-12.31.2021-Exhibit-99.1-Final.pdf 353 354 Amnesty International interview by video call with Mohamed Showife, 12 April 2022. Victim Advocates International, “Press Release: The Contributions of Facebook Have Created Hell for Us:” Rohingya Youth Share Desire for Education in Refugee Camps, Ask Facebook for Reparations”, 9 December 2021, victimadvocatesinternational.org/wpcontent/uploads/2022/02/Release%E2%80%94Facebook.pdf 355 OECD Watch, “Case: Rohingya refugees supported by Victim Advocates International vs. Facebook”, undated, oecdwatch.org/complaint/rohingya-refugees-vs-facebook 356 357 Victim Advocates International, “Rohingya Remediation”, undated, victimadvocatesinternational.org/rohingyaremediation THE SOCIAL ATROCITY META AND THE RIGHT TO REMEDY FOR THE ROHINGYA Amnesty International 67