Meta’s east Africa content moderation hub is shutting down, according to a report by Financial Times. The Nairobi office were allegedly involved in moderating some of the most graphic and harmful material on Meta’s platforms, including content like beheadings and child abuse. According to the report, Sama staff were informed on Tuesday morning that the company would now solely focus on labelling work that is also known as “computer vision data annotation” – which includes positioning animations in augmented reality filters. This decision was made shortly after Sama and Meta were sued for union busting and exploitation. Another lawsuit was also called for Meta to increase its content moderation capacity in Kenya.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 27, 2023 13:08 UTC