The first union for content moderators in Africa has been established in Nairobi with the aim of improving working conditions and holding Big Tech accountable. The union, which was formed with the help of former Facebook moderator Daniel Motaung, is fighting against the exploitation of workers by tech firms, particularly in terms of mental health and wages.
Hundreds of Africans tasked with scouring platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and ChatGPT for graphic content have joined the continent's first union for content moderators, but organisers said some fear losing their jobs if their membership is revealed.
Hundreds of Africans tasked with scouring platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and ChatGPT for graphic content have joined the continent's first union for content moderators, but organisers say some fear losing their jobs if their membership is revealed.
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so, this is it, the place where we were engaged for at least four months. and it doesn t bring any fond memories, in as far as the project was concerned. very disturbing. richard mathenge worked as a content moderatorfor a company called sama. sama had been hired by openai to sift through huge volumes of text and remove anything it didn t want its artificial intelligence learning from. the texts, or the wordings that we encountered, were very disturbing, very depressing, things that caused anxiety and mental breakdown. richard was paid less than £2 per hour. he and his colleagues were repeatedly exposed to descriptions of murder,