Meta’s main content moderation partner in Africa shuts down operations

Meta’s main subcontractor for content moderation in Africa, Sama, earlier Tuesday announced the closure of its content moderation arm at its hub in Kenya, citing the need to streamline operations.
This comes months after Sama and Meta were sued in the East African country for union busting, and exploitation, and just weeks after another lawsuit called for Meta to increase its content moderation capacity in Kenya.
Following the announcement by Sama, 200 employees, representing 3% of its team, will be let go as the company exits content review services, and concentrates on labelling work (comput

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