Facebook moderators collect damages after suffering PTSD

May 13, 2020

With all the horrible content that actually makes it onto Facebook, I’ve wondered what gets filtered out and who does the job. It’s a team of moderators, and Facebook is paying out millions of dollars to compensate them for mental health issues developed on the job.

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