Lawful alternatives

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In order to concentrate on its computer-vision work, Sama said it would “let go” roughly 3% of its workers, primarily from the Nairobi office, where they remove posts that are identified for review if they violate the platform’s guidelines.

It said that they would receive wellbeing support for a period of 12 months following their last day of employment.

As part of the shift, Meta promised to “work with our partners to ensure there is no impact on our ability to assess content.”

Campaign organization Foxglove, which is backing Mr. Motaung and is also involved in a separate lawsuit filed in Kenya against Meta for its handling of content about ethnic violence in Ethiopia, speculated that the platform may already have reached an agreement with another business to provide outsourced moderation.

It pleaded with Meta to stop depending on “cheap” outsourced moderating that “chews through workers.”

Mercy Mutemi, the attorney for Mr. Motaung, stated that her team was “actively interacting” with employees impacted by Sama’s decision to discontinue content moderation duties and assisting them in evaluating their legal options.

The “Wellness Program”

Mr. Motaung asserted that the help provided to moderators was insufficient.