Browsing: Facebook Content Review Center

Facebook parent company Meta has a case to answer in an unlawful termination lawsuit leveled against it, a Kenyan Labour Court has ruled. Photo/Reuters
  • Facebook accused of unlawful termination of Kenyan content moderators
  • Kenyan Labour Court rules Facebook parent company Meta has a case to answer 
  • Facebook and Meta’s unlawful termination case follows initial hazardous working conditions lawsuit

Facebook parent company Meta has a case to answer in an unlawful termination lawsuit, a Kenyan Labour Court has ruled.

The lawsuit comes against a backdrop of negative headlines in East Africa ranging from not censoring hate messages in Ethiopia to unlawful termination and hazardous working conditions in Kenya.

The Employment and Labour Relations court in Nairobi stopped the social media giant from ending a contract with a third party that hires hundreds of workers that work in the content moderation division.

At the start of the year, some 260 Kenyans hired as Facebook content moderators in Nairobi were issued termination letters that they claim are without just cause and unlawful. 43 of them moved to …