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In addition to losing both of Instagram's Instagram co-founders, Facebook is also facing a new lawsuit brought by one of its thousands of contract content moderators. According to New York TimesSelena Scola claims that the Silicon Valley giant "failed to protect her and other entrepreneurs while they watched videos and tedious photos of rape, suicide, beheading and other killings."
In the lawsuit, Scola claims that her PTSD is triggered "when she touches a computer mouse, enters a cold building, watches violence on television, hears loud noises or is surprised." The lawsuit also points to the impossible gargantuan, a task that Facebook has assigned to its 7,500 contract content moderators around the world. Despite their numbers, Scola notes that they must "sift through 10 million potentially dangerous messages a week."
Facebook's director of communications, Bertie Thomson, said in a statement that he "recognized that this work can often be difficult":
"That's why we take very seriously the assistance of our content moderators, starting with their training, the benefits they receive and ensuring that every person who reviews the content of Facebook is offered psychological support and wellness resources.
Users familiar with the social media platform did not need John Oliver to tell them that the website is a "toilet", although his explanations about his rather harrowing global uses (and abuses) are nonetheless … painful. As the mid-term 2018 is fast approaching, the extremely online people are even more aware than usual when it comes to Facebook's content practices, and they're not allowed to s' flourish. You remember Alex Jones, yes?
(Via New York Times)
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