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The world is becoming training data for AI, for which everyone is unprotectedPronto, a home services startup, is facing criticism for using body-camera footage from workers inside customers’ homes to train AI and rob...- Former Meta contractor Sama to lay off more than 1,000 workers in KenyaFacebook's parent company Meta has ended its contract with Kenyan firm Sama. This decision will lead to over 1,000 workers being laid off f...
- Can Kenya attract the outsourcing jobs of the AI future?In the swanky recently built offices of CCI in Tatu City, a new town on Nairobi's outskirts, some 5,000 staff answer calls from customers o...
- Lawyers probe 'dire' conditions for Meta content moderators in GhanaLawyers are probing "dire"in what could turn into the latest dispute over the social media giant's labour practices in Africa. The probe fo...
- Meta contractor dismissed threats to moderators by Ethiopia rebels: court documentsContent moderators in Kenya, working for Facebook's parent company Meta, faced threats from Ethiopian rebels for removing their content. Th...
- Kenya court rules Meta can be sued over layoffs by contractorLast year the content moderators sued Meta and two local contractors, saying they lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm contracted ...
- Kenya judge finds Meta is not in contempt of courtA Kenyan judge on Thursday found Facebook's parent company Meta was not in contempt of court for failing to pay dozens of content moderator...
- Mediation collapses between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group saysThe 184 moderators sued Meta and two subcontractors earlier this year after they say they lost their jobs with one of the subcontractors, S...
- Mental trauma: African content moderators push Big Tech on rightsThe first union for content moderators in Africa has been established in Nairobi with the aim of improving working conditions and holding B...
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces feature to share HD photos on WhatsAppTo ensure sharing photos over WhatsApp remains fast and reliable, Standard Quality will continue to be the default option photos are sent i...
- Meta faces Kenya legal offensive by content moderatorsSlapped with massive fines in the European Union for violating data protection laws, Meta is fighting on another front in Kenya, where cont...
- 'No job for humans': the harrowing work of content moderators in KenyaThe legal offensive against Meta began with a lawsuit filed in May 2022 in a Nairobi court by a former content moderator, Daniel Motaung, c...
- Respect African content moderators, says Facebook whistleblowerGlobally, thousands of moderators review posts containing graphic content - keeping harmful material from appearing on users' feeds. Many w...
- Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies, rules courtJudge Matthews Nduma issued an interim injunction against Meta and Sama preventing them from terminating the moderators' contracts, pending...
- Kenyan judge temporarily blocks mass layoff of Facebook moderatorsJudge Matthews Nduma issued an interim injunction against Meta and the Kenya-based outsourcing firm Sama, preventing them from terminating ...
- Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in KenyaThe 43 applicants say they lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm contracted to moderate Facebook content, for organising a union.
- Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in KenyaThe 43 applicants say they lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm contracted to moderate Facebook content, for organising a union. T...
- Activists file case against Meta over Tigray hate postsThe case filed in the High Court claims that Meta responded inadequately to hateful content on its platform, especially in relation to the ...
- Lawsuit accuses Meta of enabling hateful posts in Ethiopia conflictThe lawsuit, filed in Kenya on Tuesday, was brought by two Ethiopian researchers and Kenyan rights group the Katiba Institute.
- Kenyan ministers rally around Meta's Facebook after watchdog's ultimatumThe National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on Friday accused Facebook of contravening Kenya's constitution and laws for failin...
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