content moderation
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TikTok Is Reportedly Poaching Facebook’s Moderators
Many members of Facebook’s legion of moderators — contractors hired through companies like Accenture, CPL, Hays, and Voxpro — are leaving to work for competitor TikTok, according to an analysis by CNBC.
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We Have a Date: Google, Facebook and Twitter CEOs Will Testify Before U.S. Congress on October 29
Less than a week before the 2020 presidential election, three of the biggest names in tech — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey — will testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about a longstanding law that protects websites from liability for user-generated content.
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Content Moderator Exposed to Child Assault and Animal Torture Sues YouTube
Long since report after report indicated that emotional trauma is an occupational hazard of content moderation, YouTube is still hurling low-wage workers into a daily emotional onslaught, allegedly with limited mental health safeguards. In a class action suit filed yesterday, a former moderator claims that a year-and-a-half term as one such content janitor caused her to…
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Facebook Mods Sign Letter Protesting Zuckerberg’s Stance on Trump Threats, Conspiracy Theories
A group of Facebook moderators has joined many of the firm’s staff in calling out CEO Mark Zuckerberg over his bullshit refusal to take actions against posts by Donald Trump that clearly violate its rules, the Guardian reported on Monday.