Following the announcement by Sama, 200 employees, representing 3% of its team, will be let go as the company exits content review services and concentrates on labeling work (computer vision data annotation).Questions linger over Facebook, Twitter, TikTok’s commitment to uphold election integrity in Africa, as countries head to pollsThe company sourced moderators from across Africa, and the closure of the arm is said to leave a section without work permits.Sama’s moderators were required to sift through social media posts on all its platforms, including Facebook, to remove those perpetrating and perpetuating hate, misinformation and violence.The decision to drop Meta’s contract, which expires at the end of March, comes months after a lawsuit was filed by Daniel Motaung, a South African national and ex-Sama content moderator, in Kenya last year accusing the two firms of forced labor and human trafficking, unfair labor relations, union busting and failure to provide “adequate” mental health and psychosocial support.Sama’s decision also comes at a time when Meta is facing another lawsuit in Kenya over claims that the social media giant has failed to employ enough safety measures on Facebook, which has, in turn, fueled conflicts that have led to deaths, including of 500,000 Ethiopians during the recently ended Tigray War."