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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Facebook moderators suffer trauma for little pay

    Facebook has about 15,000 content reviewers who are responsible for removing graphic violence, hate speech and images of child abuse from our feeds. Almost all of them don’t work for Facebook, but instead are independent contractors.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 25, 2019 • 1 min read

    Facebook has about 15,000 content reviewers who are responsible for removing graphic violence, hate speech and images of child abuse from our feeds. Almost all of them don’t work for Facebook, but instead are independent contractors. They make about $28,000 a year. The content they sift through is traumatic and many develop mental health issues. Others start believing the conspiracy theories they are exposed to.

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Why Facebook moderators experience mental health trauma
    1. 0:00‘Green Book’ stirs up Best Picture controversy
    2. 8:44Excluding women from military draft is no longer justified, says federal judge
    3. 17:28Some El Chapo jurors got trial info from Twitter -- grounds for an appeal?
    4. 26:59Facebook moderators suffer trauma for little payYou’re reading this
    5. 34:43New music: Maya Jane Coles, Chaka Khan, and more
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