May 14, 2021 | Facebook Moderators
At a meeting of the Irish Government’s Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, a Facebook moderator has informed members of the mental stress caused by the job, saying that “everyday was a nightmare,” and the support provided by her employer was...
Nov 10, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Media Coverage
Facebook has begun preventing the publications of adverts on their platform that are aimed at content moderators that may be in a position to take a legal action as a result of psychological trauma they have suffered while working on the social media platform. The...
Sep 23, 2020 | Social Media Moderators, YouTube Moderators
On Monday a former YouTube moderator filed a class action lawsuit, accusing the video sharing platform of breaching Californian legislation when it neglected to ensure a a safe workplace and safeguard the mental well being of content moderators The ex-moderator, who...
Aug 10, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
At the High Court a workplace compensation action has been lodged against Facebook by an individual who was previously employed by CPL Solutions to work as a content moderator on the social media platform. The man in question, Sean Burke. claims in the action that was...
Aug 7, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
There have been calls from current and former Facebook moderators for the extension of the advertiser advertiser boycott of the social media platform to prove that the move was little more than a “PR stunt”. The boycott was due to come to an end this month. However,...
May 13, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
In a preliminary settlement filed on Friday in San Mateo Superior Court (California), Facebook agreed to pay $52 million to current and former moderators to compensate them for psychological trauma that they suffered as part of their role. This groundbreaking ruling...
Apr 29, 2020 | YouTube Moderators
A recent article published on the online news site The Verge has provided a unique insight into the almost impossible working conditions encountered by those who are contracted to work as social media moderators for social media platforms. One of these moderators,...
Apr 22, 2020 | Media Coverage, YouTube Moderators
YouTube is being sued by Ripple, a Cryptocurrency company, in relation to what it being referred to as an ‘inexplicable failure’ to prevent cybercriminals impersonating its CEO. In the lawsuit submitted. Ripple has stated that the video platform has...
Apr 5, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
Social media giant Facebook is facing a number of legal actions around the world from those employed, through third party groups, to moderate the content that is posted to its platform Content moderator providers including hired by service providers including CPL...
Mar 23, 2020 | Facebook Moderators, Social Media Moderators
Technology publication The Verge is reporting that a settlement is close in the United States in a legal action taken by a group of Facebook content moderators against the social media platform due to the conditions of their work. The legal action began when, in late...
