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‘Facebook’s contractor forced me to work alongside my rapist’

Women working for Facebook’s former content moderator in Kenya allege they were sexually assaulted by a colleague

‘Facebook’s contractor forced me to work alongside my rapist’
Facebook's contractor, Sama, faces court proceedings in Kenya | Adobe Stock
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Facebook’s former content moderation firm has been accused of shielding an employee who allegedly raped two colleagues and sacking one of his victims to protect the company’s reputation.

Two former employees in Sama’s Kenyan office have told openDemocracy that managers fostered an unsafe work environment by ignoring or minimising their allegations of rape against one of their colleagues.

The allegations, which have been reported to the police but are not part of any ongoing legal challenges, are the latest made against Sama by its former African employees.