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Microsoft is being sued for allegedly not doing enough to help two of its employees who were suffering while on "porn detail":
Two former Microsoft employees who were responsible for monitoring child pornography and other criminal material have filed a lawsuit against the company, The Daily Beast reports, alleging that they were not provided with psychological support to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The employees, Henry Soto and Greg Blauert, were part of Microsoft's Online Safety Team, where they were charged with reviewing material that had been flagged as potentially illegal. According to the lawsuit, Soto's job involved viewing "horrible brutality, murder, indescribable sexual assaults," and other content "designed to entertain the most twisted and sick-minded people in the world." Blauert had to "review thousands of images of child pornography, adult pornography and bestiality that graphically depicted the violence and depravity of the perpetrators," according to the complaint.
Both men say they suffered "vicarious trauma" and symptoms associated with PTSD, including nightmares, anxiety, and hallucinations. When they complained about their health, Microsoft offered a "Wellness Program," but the suit alleges that the therapist involved with the program was not qualified to treat their symptoms. Program supervisors also advised them to take smoke breaks and walks to deal with their problems, while Blauert was advised to play more video games, according to the complaint.
Also at BBC, The Guardian, and Courthouse News. Courthouse News also has a copy of the lawsuit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 14 2017, @08:31PM
Is that a sensible solution though? Looking at pictures of kiddie porn tends to reinforce the urges. Plus, there's a huge conflict of interest there for erring on the side of leniency there were pictures that could go either way would likely be evaluated as OK for reasons related to not wanting to screw things up for other folks.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday January 14 2017, @10:25PM
Solutions won't be evaluated or implemented. Kind of like the problem of studying cannabis [soylentnews.org], but much, much worse.
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(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Saturday January 14 2017, @11:59PM
Or just drop the laws against mere possession and go after the actual producers.
Looking at pictures of kiddie porn tends to reinforce the urges.
Or maybe it stimulates urges that already exist in these people. You said "reinforce", but I'm not quite sure what that means exactly in this context.
(Score: 2) by choose another one on Sunday January 15 2017, @09:14AM
> Or just drop the laws against mere possession and go after the actual producers.
I thought the majority if CP these days was distributed by law enforcement (FBI mostly?) to trap the consumers - you are saying law enforcement should go after themselves?
I suppose the PTSD sufferers could go after law enforcement as well as MS, but MS is probably a larger and easier target.