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More than 30 former Facebook moderators in Ireland, Spain and Germany are suing the social media company
and four of its third party outsourcing agents after suffering psychological damage from viewing graphic content.
From terrorist beheadings to mass shootings, Facebook’s content moderators view up to 1,000 extreme images on every shift.
Employed by recruitment agencies on behalf of Facebook, the former employees claim they were given inadequate training to deal with the disturbing content and “no support” to deal with the mental trauma.
In the claims being lodged with Ireland’s high court, the plaintiffs say they have suffered post-traumatic stress disordered
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