Audio By Carbonatix
Dozens of rights groups and campaigners have signed a letter calling on Facebook to "drop all attempts to silence whistleblower Daniel Motaung".
They accuse the tech giant of trying to "crush his efforts to improve labour conditions for Facebook moderators in Kenya and around the world".
Mr Motaung says he was paid about $2.20 (£1.80) per hour by Sama, one of Facebook's contractors, to review posts including beheadings and child abuse. He is suing both firms in a Kenyan court.
In response, both Sama and Facebook applied for a gag order on Mr Motaung, saying that he could prejudice the outcome of the case by talking to the media.
Facebook and its parent company Meta have not responded to the letter - which was signed by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, author Shoshana Zuboff, and the Africa Freedom of Information Centre, among others.
📢Daniel Motaung is a whistleblower who spoke out about the horrific conditions he experienced working for @Meta at @SamaAI in Kenya.
— Global Witness (@Global_Witness) July 21, 2022
Now, multi-billion dollar @Meta is going to court to prohibit him from speaking in public.
#PeoplevsBigTech #StandWithDaniel pic.twitter.com/Ilj0vTRRsq
Latest Stories
-
Morocco and Senegal set for defining AFCON final under Rabat lights today
14 minutes -
Trump tariff threat over Greenland ‘unacceptable’, European leaders say
40 minutes -
Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira MP kicks against VALCO sale
1 hour -
Mercy Johnson withdraws alleged defamation case against TikToker
2 hours -
Ghana accepted Trump’s deported West Africans and forced them back to their native countries
2 hours -
No evidence of theft in Unibank Case – A‑G explains withdrawal of charges against Dr Duffour
3 hours -
Labourer remanded for threatening to kill mother
3 hours -
Court remands farmer over GH¢110,000 car fraud
3 hours -
Tension mounts at Akyem Akroso over ‘sale’ of royal cemetery
3 hours -
Poor planning fueling transport crisis—Prof. Beyuo
4 hours -
Ahiagbah slams Prof. Frimpong-Boateng over “fake” party slur
4 hours -
Family traumatised as body of Presby steward goes ‘missing’ at mortuary
5 hours -
Why Ghana must maintain the NPA’s price floor in the petroleum market
5 hours -
Serwaa Amihere apologises to PRESEC community over ‘homosexual breeding ground’ comment
6 hours -
Dr Arthur Kennedy slams NPP’s “dubious” plot to expel Prof Frimpong-Boateng
6 hours