Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies


FILE PHOTO Meta Platforms Incs logo is seen on a smartphone in this illustration picture taken October 28 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile PhotoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Meta Platforms Inc's logo is seen on a smartphone in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan judge ruled on Thursday that Facebook's parent company Meta could be sued in Kenya, after 43 moderators at its Nairobi hub last month filed a lawsuit against the group and its local partner Sama for unfair termination.

In response, Judge Matthews Nduma issued an interim injunction against Meta and Sama preventing them from terminating the moderators' contracts, pending a judgment on the legality of their redundancy.

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