Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to US-based content moderators who say the work they did for the company gave them PTSD and other mental health issues. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports on what this means for the thousands of content moderators outside of the US, including ones suing the company in Europe. (WARNING: Some listeners may find parts of this story disturbing.)
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