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Such as people who moderate / classify / filter content for minimum wage, who are frequently traumatized by the shit they see and cannot afford therapy.
by klyrs 4y ago
Such as people who moderate / classify / filter content for minimum wage, who are frequently traumatized by the shit they see and cannot afford therapy.
- andsoitis 4y agoAre you just guessing or do you have data such as how much $ and how pervasive this is at Google specifically?
- j33zusjuice 4y agoIt’s very well documented. To the point I’m honestly surprised you haven’t heard of it before. But that’s fine: Facebook paid $85,000,000 to some content moderators. YouTube paid a single moderator like $4,500,000. There’s also a 2022 case against TikTok that appears to be ongoing (I didn’t look into it). https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/judge-oks-85-mln-settlement-facebook-moderators-ptsd-claims-2021-07-23/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/judge-oks-85-mln... https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/youtube-settles-moderators-case-over-graphic-videos-43-mln-2022-07-13/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/youtube-settles-... https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24/1088343332/tiktok-lawsuit-content-moderators https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24/1088343332/tiktok-lawsuit-con... There’s also a documentary on the topic. I think it was on Netflix.