A Kenyan court has today upheld interim orders issued last week temporarily barring Meta from engaging its new content moderation subcontractor, Majorel, pending determination if the social media giant can be sued in the East African country.
This is not the first time that Meta is claiming to be a foreign company that Kenyan courts have no jurisdiction over. However, the first attempt flopped and it is appealing the ruling, which allowed Daniel Motaung, an ex-Sama content moderator, to sue Meta and Sama for exploitation and union busting.
In the current and third case it is facing in Kenya, Meta is being sued alongside Majorel and Sama, the social giant’s outgoing moderation partner in Eastern and Southern Africa, for illegal dismissal and blacklisting.
Sama’s plan to lay off more than 200, and wind down content review arm stopped
This latest development has stopped Sama’s plans to wind down its content review arm, and lay off over 200 content moderators at the end…
