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
US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump's vow to undo Biden's AI policy overshadows their workHosted by the Biden administration, officials from a number of US allies - among them Australia, Canada, Japan, Kenya, Singapore, the Unite...
21 Nov, 2024, 03.52 PM IST
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 ...
20 Sep, 2024, 09.53 PM 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
Israel-Hamas war: 'Dire' disinformation spreads globallyAs the war in Middle East intensifies, social media has been able to spread disinformation around the country. The conflict, which has kill...
31 Oct, 2023, 05.51 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
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