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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...
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 ...
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 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...
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...
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...
Facebook ties up with Airtel for 20,000 wi-fi hotspotsFacebook has also onboarded as a partner, telecom giant Bharti Airtel, which will deploy over 20,000 wi-fi hotspots over the next few month...
Facebook launches new tools to help businesses go global41% of people on Facebook in India are connected to at least one small and medium sized business in a foreign country and the top five mark...
Africa visit aimed at enhancing ties with Africa: PM Narendra ModiModi will begin his five-day tour with Mozambique and then travel to South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya.
Facebook is opening an ad sales office in Africa, in a move to boost revenue from its growing number of users thereNow, as FB continues to push its product to those new users, its ad sales team will be in the area finding out the best way to turn those i...
Facebook to launch free mobile net app for RCom usersInternet. org mobile application will provide basic internet services in categories such as health, education, communication, jobs and loca...