Facebook to pay $52 million to thousands of contractors who reviewed horrific content
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/05/13/facebook-to-pay-52-million-to-thousands-of-contractors-who-reviewed-horrific-content/
The lawsuit against Facebook by three “content moderators” didn’t mince words.
“Every day, Facebook users post millions of videos, images, and live streamed broadcasts of child sexual abuse, rape, torture, bestiality, beheadings, suicide, and murder,” said the suit filed in San Mateo County Superior Court against the Menlo Park social media titan. “To maintain a sanitized platform, maximize its already vast profits, and cultivate its public image, Facebook relies on people … to view those posts and remove any that violate the corporation’s terms of use.”