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Facebook owner Meta blocked from firing content moderators

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A gavel and logo of Facebook owner Meta. The giant social media firm has suffered a blow after the Court of Appeal declined to suspend a case filed by more than 180 Facebook content moderators, pending the determination of a petition challenging Kenyan courts from handling the suit. FILE PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

By  Sam Kiplagat

Court Reporter

Nation Media Group

Facebook owner Meta has been blocked from firing more than 180  content moderators until a case challenging their dismissal is determined.

On Friday, Employment and Labour Relations Court judge Byram Ongaya directed Meta to put redundancies announced by its former agent Samasource Kenya EPZ Ltd (Sama) on hold.

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