A former Facebook moderator in Kenya, Daniel Motaung, is
suing the company claiming poor working conditions.
Motaung said that while working as a moderator he was
exposed to gruesome content such as rape, torture and beheadings that risked
his and colleagues' mental health.
He said Meta did not offer mental health support to
employees, required unreasonably long working hours, and offered minimal pay.
Motaung worked in Facebook's African hub in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, which is
operated by Samasource Ltd.
Following the judge's decision that Meta can be sued in Kenya, the next step in case will be considered by the court on Mar. 8.
Meta is facing a separate court case in which two Ethiopians say hate speech was allowed and even promoted on Facebook amid heated rhetoric over their country's deadly Tigray conflict.
That lawsuit alleges that Meta hasn't hired enough content
moderators to adequately monitor posts, that it uses an algorithm that
prioritizes hateful content, and that it responds more slowly to crises in
Africa than elsewhere in the world.
The Associated Press and more than a dozen other media
outlets last year reported that Facebook had failed to quickly and effectively
moderate hate speech in several places around the world, including in Ethiopia.
The reports were based on internal Facebook documents leaked
by former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen.
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