‘It scars you’: Facebook workers claim brutal videos caused trauma
www.euronews.com
More than 20% of the staff Meta hired to check the violent content of Facebook and Instagram are on sick leave due to psychological trauma.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7063266

‘It scars you for life’: Workers sue Meta claiming viewing brutal videos caused psychological trauma::More than 20% of the staff Meta hired to check the violent content of Facebook and Instagram are on sick leave due to psychological trauma.

  • bloopernova@programming.devEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I would hope that those videos were ones that got past automated filters.

    Which is horrific to me. Who is posting that shit and why are there so many of them?!

    • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      You see all the bad stuff happening around the world?! That’s people doing that stuff. People can be horrible creatures.

    • Maeve@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Funny thing. Seems like Complex trauma breeds Cluster B personality disorders. That’s not taking into account people who are born with different brains that already don’t have the empathy switch.