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Moderators seek court protection to testify against social media firm

Meta owns Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. [iStockphoto]

More moderators want the court to protect them in a bid to testify on an alleged toxic work environment in a local firm contracted by global social media giant Meta that monitors Facebook.

The employees currently working with Kenyan firm, Samasource Kenya EPZ, have asked the Employment and Labour Relations Court to lift non-disclosure agreements that prevent them from giving evidence in court even as Meta asked the court to dismiss the case filed by former Facebook moderator Daniel Motaung.

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