"Kenyan court says it can hear case filed against Facebook's Meta"

A court in Kenya ruled Thursday that it has the jurisdiction to hear a challenge by nearly 200 people who say they were unlawfully sacked by a subcontractor for Facebook's parent company Meta. The case brought by 183 content moderators employed in Nairobi by Sama, a subcontractor for Meta, was filed on March 17 in a local court, with the workers claiming "unlawful" dismissal by the social media giant.

Meta's lawyers say the company — which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp — cannot be sued, arguing the Employment and Labour Relations Court has no jurisdiction to rule against an entity that isn't based in Kenya. It also says the complainants are not employed by Meta itself.