According to online sources, Facebook is ready to pay $52 million in compensation to current and former content moderators who developed mental health problems during their work. Payments will be received by more than 11 moderators who developed depression and other mental health problems during their work.
A recent investigation found that Facebook content moderators, who were hired through the outsourcing company Cognizant, worked under stressful conditions as they had to handle content containing hate speech, violence, suicide, etc. Recall that Facebook employs thousands of content moderators , viewing a huge number of publications that may violate the rules of the social network.
The preliminary settlement will cover moderators from Arizona, California, Florida and Texas who have worked at Facebook since 2015, the source said. Each employee will receive at least $1000, and in some cases the award could be up to $50. The California court overseeing the case will issue a final decision later this year.
βWe are grateful to the people who do this important work to make the Facebook platform a safe environment for all users. We are committed to providing them with additional support not only as part of this settlement, but also in the future,β a Facebook representative commented on this issue.
Source: 3dnews.ru