{"id":18610,"date":"2020-05-13T02:12:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T02:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/facebook-to-pay-52-million-to-content-moderators-suffering-from-ptsd.html"},"modified":"2020-05-13T02:12:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T02:12:27","slug":"facebook-to-pay-52-million-to-content-moderators-suffering-from-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebook-to-pay-52-million-to-content-moderators-suffering-from-ptsd.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook to pay $52 million to content moderators suffering from PTSD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook <\/a> has agreed in principle to pay $52 million to compensate current and former content moderators who developed mental health issues on the job.<\/p>\n

The Verge reported Tuesday<\/a> that the settlement will cover more than 11,000 content moderators who developed depression, addictions and other mental health issues while they worked moderating content on the social media platform.<\/p>\n

In fact, it was The Verge that sparked the inquiry to begin with. Silicon Valley editor Casey Newton<\/a> reported that Facebook content moderators, hired through outsourcing giant Cognizant in Phoenix<\/a> and Tampa<\/a>, were subject to hate speech, murders, suicides and other graphic content.<\/p>\n

Facebook employs thousands of content moderators<\/a> to sift through the vast number of posts, images and other content posted to the site. If a potentially rule-breaking post is flagged by other users, it\u2019s often reviewed by a content moderator who makes the final call on whether it stays or is deleted.<\/p>\n

One former content moderator, Selena Scola, said she developed post-traumatic stress disorder \u2014 or PTSD \u2014 and sued Facebook<\/a> to start a fund to create a testing and treatment program for current and former moderators.<\/p>\n

Cognizant <\/a> later pulled out<\/a> of the content moderation market altogether following The Verge\u2019s investigations.<\/p>\n

The preliminary settlement will cover moderators in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas from 2015, and each moderator will receive at least $1,000. Others could receive up to $50,000 in damages.<\/p>\n

The California court overseeing the case will make the final call, expected later this year.<\/p>\n

A Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch: \u201cWe are grateful to the people who do this important work to make Facebook a safe environment for everyone. We\u2019re committed to providing them additional support through this settlement and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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