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mostly covering social media and artificial intelligence. Shortlisted for 2022 Orwell Prize for Journalism.
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At Facebook’s external content moderation facility in Africa, employees describe traumatic working conditions, alleged union-busting, and pay as low as $1.50 per hour, my investigation found.
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My jaw is on the floor.
A lawyer working for Facebook has asked a judge to "crack the whip" against a Black whistleblower in an effort to silence him.
My report:
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Meta is trying to silence this Black whistleblower who is speaking out against horrendous working conditions for content moderators in Kenya, including being paid a mere $2.20 per hour.
New video: Sama's CEO
@wendykgonzalez1
being grilled last week by
@veenadubal
about alleged union busting in Kenya.
Wendy, will you sit down with me for a proper interview? (All my private requests have gone unanswered...)
Last week, I spoke at Collision alongside the CEO of Sama AI which has a huge contract w/Meta to do content moderation using workers in the Global South. I asked her about the Times exposé by
@billyperrigo
alleging that her company….1/x 🧵
by
@billyperrigo
"A lawyer representing Facebook’s parent company Meta called on a judge to “crack the whip” against a Black South African whistleblower on Monday, requesting a gagging order to prevent him from speaking to the media."
A Black whistleblower is attempting to sound the alarm about Facebook's "sweatshop" labor conditions — and Facebook is trying to "crack the whip" on him. FB clearly thinks Black people are property to be controlled rather than people to be respected. (1/2)
A lawyer representing Facebook’s parent company Meta called on a judge to “crack the whip” against a Black South African whistleblower on Monday, requesting a gagging order to prevent him from speaking to the media. By
@billyperrigo
"In a court of law, Facebook has confirmed in the most explicit way imaginable that they think Black people are property to be controlled rather than people to be respected” -
@rashadrobinson
in a statement to TIME
My jaw is on the floor.
A lawyer working for Facebook has asked a judge to "crack the whip" against a Black whistleblower in an effort to silence him.
My report: