JAKARTA - Meta Platform Inc., Facebook's parent company, has filed an appeal in Kenya challenging a ruling stating the company could be sued in the African country even though it does not have an official presence there.
A former content moderator filed a lawsuit in a Kenyan working court this month alleging poor working conditions. The court ruled that Meta could be sued in the country.
However, in an appeal filed by Meta and seen by Reuters on Tuesday, February 21, the US company objected to the court's findings that the Kenyan court had jurisdiction over Meta.
Meta employs content moderators through Sama, a US-based company with operations in Kenya. It also announced last month that it no longer provides content moderation services for Meta.
The lawsuit was filed by former content moderator Daniel Motaung on behalf of a group of former Sama employees. The lawsuit seeks financial compensation, an order that outsourced content moderators have the same health insurance and salary scale as Meta employees, union organizing rights, and independent human rights audits of the office.
Apart from Kenya, Meta is currently facing lawsuits in various countries around the world. Meta has also faced several lawsuits in the United States, including one of which is lawsuits by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 46 US states accusing Meta of monopolistic practices.
Meanwhile, a court in Germany recently ordered Meta to stop collecting user data from the WhatsApp app. The ruling is seen as a form of pressure on Meta's privacy practices.
In addition, Meta has also faced court lawsuits in other countries, including France, Spain, Belgium and Canada.
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