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...
15 Dec, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
What's in and what's out in 2024: Changes coming in workplace, travel, business and economyIn 2024, workplaces shift towards mandatory office presence, ending remote work era. Travel sees a rise in short trips to visa-free countri...
31 Dec, 2023, 09.54 AM IST
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...
07 Dec, 2023, 03.27 PM IST
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...
16 Oct, 2023, 07.37 PM IST
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...
16 Oct, 2023, 11.14 AM IST
Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta probed by lawmakers on use of AI ‘ghost’ staffDemocratic lawmakers are pressing the top tech firms to open up about the conditions of their “ghost work” — unseen laborers like those lab...
14 Sep, 2023, 12.23 AM IST
Infosys slashes guidance as profit spikes; star power for startupsEvery silver lining has a cloud. Infosys announced its first quarter results on Thursday, reporting an 11% rise in profit on-year. However,...
21 Jul, 2023, 05.06 PM IST
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...
15 Jun, 2023, 10.59 AM IST
'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...
15 Jun, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
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...
12 May, 2023, 12.57 AM IST
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...
20 Apr, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
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 ...
22 Mar, 2023, 09.43 AM IST
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.
21 Mar, 2023, 10.10 AM IST
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...
20 Mar, 2023, 09.25 PM IST
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 ...
14 Dec, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
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.
14 Dec, 2022, 10.45 AM IST
Facebook rejects ads focused on women's sexual health citing policies on adult products & services: ReportIn most cases, Facebook had labeled the ads as containing “adult content”.
12 Jan, 2022, 06.31 PM IST