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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: 2) by LoRdTAW on Sunday January 15 2017, @06:15PM
Funny story:
Years back a good friend of mine was in homeland security working at JFK airport as a customs officer. They cant search every nook and cranny of every person so they use their discretion and if they suspect you are up to something, they will pull you in for further questioning. If you appear normal, they look at you less. So he and his coworker were sorting through a line of people coming in from Thailand when she spots this guy who looks sketchy. She tells my friend "This guy is up to no good, I can feel it. I'm pulling his aside" So she calls the guy over and starts to search his belongings. She pulls out a binder full of DVD's and starts flipping through it. Most of them were bootleg movies but then there is a section with porn, nothing illegal about any of it, they aren't copyright agents. Though, she notices a few DVD's in the porn section have pictures of kids on them. She tells him "This better not be what I think it is", brings him to a private interview room and notifies her superior. They took the DVD's to another room for inspection and ten minutes later she bursts out of the room and heads right to the interview room and arrests the guy for possession of child pornography.