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About 200 African content moderators are being laid off by Sama, Meta’s Kenyan subcontractor. This comes after Facebook’s parent company Meta declined to renew Sama’s contract, which expires at the end of March. (Stephen Lam/Reuters)
CRYPTOCURRENCY

Libra, the cryptocurrency spearheaded by Facebook, arrives

Unlike other digital or cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, the Libra is intended to be backed by real assets

  • Lynley Donnelly
3 min read