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  Kenyan firm sacks more than 1,000 workers after losing Meta contract

  Summary: Meta paused work with Sama last month after allegations about staff viewing private scenes filmed by smart glasses More than 1,000 low-paid workers in Kenya have been abruptly sacked by an outsourcing firm contracted by Meta, in what activists noted was a shocking move exposing the precariousness of tech jobs in the global south. Background Sama, a firm based in Nairobi to which Meta outsourced content moderation and artificial intelligence training work, outlined on Thursday that the w

  James Okonkwo · 4/18/2026