Kenyan outsourcing company for Meta sacks more than 1,000 workers
Social media corporation terminated Sama contract after allegations its staff viewed private scenes filmed by Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses More than 1,000 low-paid workers in Kenya have been abruptly sacked by an outsourcing company for the US social media corporation Meta, in what activists said was a “shocking” move exposing the precariousness of global south tech workers. Sama, a company based in Nairobi to which Meta outsourced content moderation and AI training work, announced on Thursday th
Meta paused work with Sama last month after allegations about staff viewing private scenes filmed by smart glasses
More than 1,000 low-paid workers in Kenya have been abruptly sacked by an outsourcing company contracted by Meta, in what activists said was a shocking move exposing the precariousness of tech jobs in the global south.
Sama, a company based in Nairobi to which Meta outsourced content moderation and AI training work, announced on Thursday that the workers were being laid off after Meta terminated a contract.
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