An unemployment crisis has created fertile ground for companies to step in with opaque systems built on WhatsApp groups, middlemen, and bargain-basement wages.
  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipMEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It’s Kenyan issue first and foremost. Lack of labour protections sucks and the fact that people fear to lose these shitty jobs is telling.

    Kenya has long been a data labor hub for U.S. tech giants like Meta and OpenAI.

    Also as article mentions, US companies has been doing the same thing.

    • chobeat@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      American kids larping as maoists don’t like China to be criticized because they idolize a foreign power in reaction to the misery of their political landscape. It’s a coping mechanism.