A former Facebook Inc contract employee filed a lawsuit in California, alleging that content moderators who face mental trauma after reviewing distressing images on the platform are not being properly protected by the social networking company.
Facebook moderators under contract are "bombarded" with "thousands of videos, images and livestreamed broadcasts of child sexual abuse, rape, torture, bestiality, beheadings, suicide and murder," the lawsuit said.
"Facebook is ignoring its duty to provide a safe workplace and instead creating a revolving door of contractors who are irreparably traumatized by what they witnessed on the job," Korey Nelson, a lawyer for former Facebook contract employee Selena Scola, said in a statement on Monday.
Facebook in the past has said all of its content reviewers have access to mental health resources, including trained professionals onsite for both individual and group counseling, and they receive full health care benefits.
"We take the support of our content moderators incredibly seriously, ... ensuring that every person reviewing Facebook content is offered psychological support and wellness resources," said Bertie Thomson, director of corporate communications.
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(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday September 25 2018, @07:27PM (1 child)
Would it be a ridiculous idea to hire the prison population? Two wrongs would not make a right here, I suppose. If you didn't think we could move *further* away from the idea of prisons as centers for rehabilitation, this would do it.
If there was ever a solid case for AI, though, it seems like this would be a good one; I mean, it would probably be like working in a factory farm/meat processor for them. Are these checked after being flagged, or
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25 2018, @11:02PM
I'm sorry Dave, you can't view that.