Facebook faces lawsuit in Kenya over poor working conditions for moderators | Engadget

Meta, Facebook's parent company, is facing another lawsuit filed by one of is former content moderators. According to, this one is filed by Daniel Motaung, who's accusing the company and San Francisco subcontractor Sama of human trafficking Africans to work in exploitative and unsafe working conditions in Kenya. The lawsuit alleges that Sama targets poor people across the region, including those from Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia and Uganda, with misleading job ads.

Motaung said the first video he watched was of someone being beheaded and that he was fired after six months on the job for trying to spearhead workers' unionization efforts. Areport looking into the working conditions of the office where Motaung worked revealed that several employees suffered from mental trauma due to to their jobs.

As for Motaung, he said in the lawsuit that his job was traumatizing and that he now has a fear of death."I had potential. When I went to Kenya, I went to Kenya because I wanted to change my life. I wanted to change the life of my family. I came out a different person, a person who has been destroyed," he noted. The lawsuit also mentioned how Motaung was made to sign a non-disclosure agreement and how he was paid less than promised — 40,000 Kenyan shillings or around $350.

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Poor working conditions for moderators, employees suffer from even in the U.S. And it’s not only Meta’s issue, all tech companies have this issue.

Meta has come a long way in getting lawsuits. Something must be done about this!!

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