Kenyan court says Meta and sacked moderators to pursue settlement


Meta – which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp – has faced scrutiny over the working conditions of content moderators who say they spend hours focused on hateful, disturbing posts with little regard for their well-being. — Reuters

NAIROBI: Some 184 content moderators and Facebook’s parent company Meta have agreed to pursue an out of court settlement in a lawsuit claiming unfair dismissal, court documents seen by AFP show.

The layoffs, announced in January, came after the ending of a contract between Meta and Sama, a company hired to moderate Facebook content in east and southern Africa since 2019.

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