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How Big AI Companies Exploit Data Workers in Kenya
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How Big AI Companies Exploit Data Workers in Kenya

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Behind every chatbot and content filter sits a workforce most users never see: data annotators who label images, moderate posts, and teach algorithms what counts as violent or obscene. This film follows workers in Nairobi who spend their days sorting through graphic material, including descriptions of cannibalism and abuse, for wages far below what the same work pays in the United States or Europe. One annotator describes pushing herself to the brink under deadline pressure; a TikTok content moderator explains what the job does to a person over time. Researchers who have been collecting testimonies from data workers across the Global South lay out how a hidden network of outsourcing firms connects Silicon Valley's largest AI companies to this labor, and how contracts can vanish overnight when a client changes course. The film also tracks a nascent organizing effort, as Nairobi's data workers start comparing notes, going public, and pushing for recognition. Interviews and workplace footage carry the story throughout.