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CEO regrets her firm took on Facebook moderation work after staff ‘traumatised’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I’ve got a buddy who did content moderation about a decade and a half ago. He’s told me that some of the shit he saw in the course of his work back then still fucks him up to this day. Like, truly heinous, soul-crushing stuff. And no, I’m not going to elaborate - the little he did share with me was deeply alarming, and I’m sure it’s nowhere even close to the worst he had to deal with.