Taking on the tech giants: the lawyer fighting the power of algorithmic systems

Taking on the tech giants: the lawyer fighting the power of algorithmic systems

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/feb/28/taking-on-the-tech-giants-whether-its-the-cia-or-facebook-cori-crider-likes-a-fight

Whether it’s the CIA or Facebook, lawyer and activist Cori Crider is never one to shy away from a fight. By Ed Siddons

In July 2019, Cori Crider, a lawyer, investigator and activist, was introduced to a former Facebook employee whose work monitoring graphic content on the world’s largest social media platform had left deep psychological scars. As the moderator described the fallout of spending each day watching gruesome footage, Crider was first struck by the depth of their pain, and then by a creeping sense of recognition.