Court rules Meta sued over moderator layoffs. The dismissal of dozens of content moderators by a contractor at Facebook, Sama, a Kenya-based firm hired to moderate Facebook content. Thus resulted in the moderators suing Facebook’s parent company Meta, opening a new tab, and two contractors last year. The moderators claimed that after Facebook changed contractors, they were barred from applying for the same roles at Majorel.
October of last year saw the breakdown of the moderators’ out-of-court settlement negotiations with Meta.
The case may affect Meta’s global cooperation with content moderators. The multinational behemoth is responsible for vetting graphic content uploaded on its site by moderators worldwide.
On Friday, the Court of Appeal’s order affirmed a labor court’s decision from April 2023 in Kenya. Had declared that Meta could go to trial about the moderators’ dismissals. Meta had challenged this decision.
Besides, it also upheld a different decision from February 2023 that allowed Meta sued in Kenya for allegedly subpar working conditions; Meta had appealed the decision. Court rules Meta sued over moderator layoffs
The Court of Appeal’s justices ruled, “The upshot of our above findings is that the appellants’ (Meta’s) appeals… are devoid of merit and both appeals are at this moment dismissed with costs to the respondents.”
Requests for comment from Reuters were not immediately answered by Meta or Majorel . Sama promised to release a statement shortly after analyzing the verdict.
In the past, Meta has refuted claims of a subpar workplace in Kenya by stating that its partners must offer circumstances that are among the best in the sector.
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