Meta Pauses Work With SAMA Over Privacy Claims
Meta, the owner of Facebook, terminated over 1,000 Kenyan workers at the end of February. The movement highlighted that these workers will suffer many other effects following the job losses. A Kenyan workers' organization alleges Meta ended its contract with Samma because staff members spoke out. The termination is expected to result in more than 1,100 workers being made redundant. Meta stated the decision was due to Samma failing to meet its standards, a claim the company rejects. Meta has not commented on the workers' organization's specific allegation. Meta ended the contract less than two months after Swedish newspapers reported on industry practices. The termination follows reports that SAMA staff reviewed videos filmed on MetaSmart glasses, which allegedly showed users in private settings.
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“This next story concerns Facebook owner Metta and over a thousand Kenyan workers who at the end of February were told they'd lost their jobs.”
“Facebook owner Metta, and over a thousand Kenyan workers who at the end of February were told they'd lost their jobs.”
“following the news, privacy and data watchdogs in the UK and Kenya began looking into the issue. And then just two months later came a bombshell announcement. annotators said because Metta had cancelled a major contract, 1,108 of its employees would be laid off.”
“annotators said because Metta had cancelled a major contract, 1,108 of its employees would be laid off.”
“the Kenyan government is trying to protect tech for- resulting in over 200 workers being laid off and continuing legal action by former employees, some of whom claimed they were traumatised by being exposed to graphic content.”
“ended its work to moderate Facebook posts, resulting in over 200 workers.”
“ended its work to moderate Facebook posts, resulting in over 200 workers. realize that what we are hedging as our participation in the AI ecosystem is actually a house built on sand.”
“the Kenyan government is trying to protect tech for- resulting in over 200 workers being laid off and continuing legal action by former employees”
“Meta has laid off over 200 Kenyan workers, which is part of a larger trend of outsourcing and restructuring.”
“resulting in over 200 workers being laid off and continuing legal action by former employees, some of whom claimed they were traumatised by being exposed to graphic content.”
“the immediate effect the loss of income and to have to deal with the shock of losing their job within a span of seven or ten days”
“the immediate effect, the loss of income and to have to deal with the shock of losing their job within a span of seven or 10 days, that is something that will be the top of the list.”
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