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Facebook Hires Young Filipinos to Remove Terror Material

posted by n1 on Thursday June 01 2017, @07:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the like,-share,-report-terror dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

They are the army of workers who man Facebook's front line, tasked with removing offensive and terror-related material from the internet giant's site.

But a Mail on Sunday investigation has discovered the multi-billion pound social networking site employs hundreds of young Filipinos – some with limited English skills – who work gruelling shifts and say they earn just £1.81 an hour.

They are forced to decide in seconds whether or not to delete videos, pictures and posts which are too graphic or violent.

Staff face being sacked if they fail to meet strict quotas that mean they have to assess hundreds of extreme posts every shift.

Source: The Daily Mail

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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 02 2017, @09:57AM (4 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday June 02 2017, @09:57AM (#519291) Homepage Journal

    I categorically deny that.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 02 2017, @08:33PM (3 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday June 02 2017, @08:33PM (#519564) Journal

    Yes, Uzzard, we know :D That's rather the point.

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:37AM (2 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:37AM (#519690) Homepage Journal

      Whoosh?

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      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:44AM (1 child)

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:44AM (#519746) Journal

        No, no, you keep proving the point :) Even if you're trying to deflect it with what you think of as humor, the fact remains, *you're still replying.*

        You just can't let a perceived slight go. And the more you reply the worse you get clowned on. The entire forum has cottoned on to this by now. This, by the way, is the same essential failure of maturity and personality der Drumpfenscheisser suffers from, so you're in good....er, bad company.

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