The 184 moderators sued Meta and two subcontractors earlier this year after they say they lost their jobs with one of the subcontractors, Sama, for organising a union. They say they were then blacklisted from applying for the same roles at a second firm, Majorel, after Facebook changed contractors.
International Business News: Settlement talks have broken down between Meta, Facebook's parent company, and Kenyan content moderators who filed a lawsuit alleging unfair dismissal
Facebook's parent company Meta has agreed to pursue an out-of-court settlement with 184 content moderators who filed a lawsuit claiming unfair dismissal, according to legal documents seen by AFP on Wednesday."The parties shall pursue an out of court settlement of this petition through mediation," the consent agreement said.
richard lost hisjob. along with three former colleagues, he s now petitioning the kenyan government to improve conditions for tech company workers. the work that we did was so impactful, in as far as creating a safe space for the people who are using chatgpt right now. what content moderators are going through, it s something that is unfair and it s something that is unbelievable. sama told panorama that employees were provided wellness counselling by professionally trained and licensed mental health therapists. it said its work with openai was a pilot project that ended early as soon as the team reported concerns. openai said its mission is to build safe and beneficial artificial intelligence, and that it believes the challenging work of content moderation needs to be done humanely and willingly. so, it s established its own ethical
we never received counselling sessions. sama and openai parted company in 2022. richard lost hisjob. along with three former colleagues, he s now petitioning the kenyan government to improve conditions for tech company workers. the work that we did was so impactful, in as far as creating a safe space for the people who are using chatgpt right now. what content moderators are going through, it s something that is unfair and it s something that is unbelievable. sama told panorama that employees were provided wellness counselling by professionally trained and licensed mental health therapists. it said its work with openai was a pilot project that ended early as soon as the team reported concerns. openai said its mission is to build safe and beneficial