Forty-three Facebook moderators fired in January have announced that they will file a complaint in Kenya against Meta, the social network’s parent company, in particular for “illegal dismissal”, according to a press release published on Monday.
Meta, which also includes Instagram and WhatsApp, has pledged to reduce its workforce by almost 25% in less than six months, a symbol of the difficulties facing the technology sector.
“In January, 260 content moderators working at Facebook’s moderation center in Nairobi, Kenya, were told they would be fired by Sama, the outsourcing company that has run the office since 2019. Moderators doing essential work for Eastern and Southern Africa have lost their jobs. ”, the statement said.
online hate issues
Contacted, Meta has so far not responded to AFP’s requests.
In December 2022, a Kenyan NGO and two Ethiopian citizens filed a lawsuit in Kenya against Meta, accusing the platform of not sufficiently combating online hate and calling for the creation of a $1.6 billion fund to compensate its victims. .
After posting strong growth since its inception, Facebook, which became Meta at the end of 2021, has suffered from a slowdown in online advertising since last year.
Source: BFM TV
