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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 25 2018, @03:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the PTSD dept.

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.

Also at the Register.


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  • (Score: 2) by Mykl on Tuesday September 25 2018, @10:57PM (4 children)

    by Mykl (1112) on Tuesday September 25 2018, @10:57PM (#739917)

    Ok, I'm naive, but: why review and censor at all?

    Because nobody wants to swim in the pool that someone keeps shitting in.

    Also, site content is often seen (rightly or wrongly) as being tacitly endorsed by the advertisers on that page - you know, the actual customers of FB?

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by hemocyanin on Wednesday September 26 2018, @01:37AM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Wednesday September 26 2018, @01:37AM (#739991) Journal

    Topic: Facebook.

    GP: Why censor?

    You: nobody wants to swim in shit (i.e., FB would die).

    Me: suddenly realizes why grossest nastiest trolls are of great valuable.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday September 26 2018, @01:42AM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday September 26 2018, @01:42AM (#739993) Homepage Journal

    Because nobody wants to swim in the pool that someone keeps shitting in.

    Refutation: The Internet's popularity

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 26 2018, @02:31AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 26 2018, @02:31AM (#740010)

      You remember that the internet has a bunch of pipes or maybe tubes, right? And just like most swimming pools are connected through pipes that all touch the same ocean, chat rooms and websites are connected like that. Just because somebody shits in one, it doesn't mean the rest are contaminated. But don't allow
      XSS.

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday September 26 2018, @01:30PM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday September 26 2018, @01:30PM (#740156) Homepage Journal

        It used to be a much, much smaller neighborhood where trolls could not be avoided at all and yet its popularity growth was pretty damned impressive. People have been living with people they don't especially like since there have been people. Being this thin skinned is an aberration not the norm.

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