Kenya content moderators seek protections
Focus on Africa14 Aug 2023

Kenya content moderators seek protections

A group of data labellers in Kenya want parliament to step in to offer protection from mental trauma caused by reviewing harmful content.

Plus, the story of the girl in Mauritania who was arrested for blasphemy over an essay she wrote for school.

And how the case of escaped convict Thabo Bester is shining a light on prison privatisation in South Africa.

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