Sama

Meta terminated its contract with Sama, a Kenya-based data annotation firm, after workers reported viewing explicit footage recorded by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The decision followed a BBC report and an earlier investigation by Swedish media and a freelance journalist highlighting privacy concerns.

A Kenyan outsourcing company, Sama, laid off over 1,000 low-paid workers after Meta terminated a contract following allegations that staff viewed private scenes from smart glasses. Activists criticized the move as highlighting the instability of tech jobs in the global south.

Meta terminated a contract with Kenyan outsourcing company Sama, leading to the abrupt layoff of over 1,000 low-paid workers. The decision followed allegations that Sama staff viewed private scenes captured by smart glasses, sparking concerns about tech job precarity in the global south.