Over 80 labor organizations from across the world want Meta to cease attempts to silence South African whistleblower Daniel Motaung, who was fired for leading unionization efforts seeking better pay and mental health support for workers.
In an open letter seen by Quartz, which includes Meta’s high profile whistleblower Frances Haugen among the signatories, they demand that Meta and Facebook content moderation outsourcing company Sama stop manipulating Motaung’s quest for justice. Some of Motaung’s revelations include that his team was forced to view hours of horrific content, including beheadings and child sexual exploitation, and were paid less than $2.20 an hour.
Motaung, who has been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, sued Meta in Kenya, asking for compensation for himself and former colleagues whom, he says, are victims of forced labor, human trafficking, and union-busting.
In response, Meta said Kenyan courts lack the jurisdiction to determine cases against them—lead counsel Fred Ojiambo argued that Meta is neither resident, domiciled nor trading in Kenya. Meta has been fighting to get the case dropped, noting that moderators had signed a non-disclosure agreement, barring them from discussing evidence against the company.
The double standard applied to Daniel for following his conscience the same way I did is unjust.
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