Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kidsThe jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable comp...
26 Mar, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
Meta ends end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs: what this meansInstagram had introduced the optional end-to-end encryption in December 2023. Users had to enable it manually per chat, unlike the default ...
14 Mar, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
US has investigated claims WhatsApp chats aren’t privateUS authorities are probing claims that Meta employees accessed private WhatsApp messages. Former contractors allege they and Meta staff had...
30 Jan, 2026, 06.54 AM IST
Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kidsThe lawsuit, filed in 2024 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected h...
08 Dec, 2025, 10.11 PM IST
Content moderators for Big Tech unite to tackle mental traumaContent moderators worldwide, from the Philippines to Turkey, are demanding stronger mental health support as they face trauma from viewing...
03 Jul, 2025, 04.38 PM IST
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...
02 May, 2025, 11.05 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
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