Daniel Motaung, a former Facebook content moderator in Kenya, came forward to TIME with allegations about severe psychological trauma, poverty-level wages, and union-busting practices inside a Facebook content-moderation center. The Signals Network provided him with legal and psychological support through its Whistleblower Protection Program. TIME reporter Billy Perrigo’s account appeared as the magazine’s February 2022 cover story under the headline “Inside Facebook’s African Sweatshop.”
Motaung’s disclosure focused attention on the labor system behind a major social platform: contractors and moderators were expected to review disturbing material while receiving comparatively low pay and, according to the allegations, facing resistance to collective organizing. The supplied source does not provide a settlement amount, identify a final judicial finding, or establish that every allegation was proven. It does document a named former worker’s public testimony and the resulting international reporting, making the case a significant labor and accountability issue for outsourced platform safety work.
