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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...- ZIM vs SA Live Streaming: Playing 11, where to watch on TV and online, weather forecast, pitch report and moreZimbabwe vs South Africa T20 World Cup 2026 predicted playing 11 features Sikandar Raza and Aiden Markram leading their sides in the Super ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Why social media is being blamed for fueling riots in FranceSocial media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country's president blames TikTok, Snapchat and other plat...
- 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...
- Musk announces more expensive subscription for ad-free TwitterThe announcement comes as the social network has faced major economic uncertainty since its takeover by Musk in October.
- Bird statue fetches $100,000 as Elon Musk auctions Twitter HQ itemsAn online auction of "surplus corporate office assets of Twitter" that lasted slightly more than 24 hours also featured a 10-foot neon ligh...
- Second coming of once-banned conspiracy theorists after Twitter amnestyTwitter has turned into what campaigners call a cesspool of misinformation, hate-filled conspiracies and racial slurs amid what appears to ...
- 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 ...
- Facebook disputes claims of inadequate flagging of vernacular contentThe company has disputed this saying it uses technology to proactively detect hate speech in the two languages as well as have reviewers fl...
- Facebook disputes claims of inadequate flagging of vernacular contentIndia, with over 530 million users, according to government data, is the largest market in terms of users for Facebook. In contrast, the US...
- Facebook's flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor contentFacebook's 15,000-strong content moderation workforce speaks about 50 tongues, though the company said it hires professional translators wh...
- Facebook under fire for racial slurFacebook has come under fire from Australian users for ignoring racial vilification on the site and allowing in racist groups.
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