Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya


FILE PHOTO The logo of Meta Platforms business group is seen in Brussels Belgium December 6 2022. REUTERSYves HermanFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing the social media site's parent company Meta and two outsourcing companies for unlawful redundancy, a rights group said on Monday.

The 43 applicants say they lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm contracted to moderate Facebook content, for organising a union. They also say they were blacklisted from applying for the same roles at another outsourcing firm, Majorel, after Facebook switched contractors.

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