Moderators working for YouTube had to view mass murders, abortions, and suicide, according to the lawsuit.
A contractor who worked as a moderator for YouTube through 2019 alleges the company and its third-party vendors failed to support employees tasked with viewing violent content.
The lawsuit alleges the companies didn't adhere to their own moderation standards and didn't provide necessary information prior to starting the job.on Monday, accusing it of failing to protect workers who have to catch and remove violent videos posted to the site. The plaintiff, who's referred to as "Jane Doe," worked as a YouTube content moderator for staffing contracting firm Collabera from 2018 to 2019 and experienced nightmares, panic attacks and inability to attend crowded areas as a result of the violent content she viewed while working for the company, the lawsuit says.
The suit says many content moderators remain in position for less than a year and that the company is "chronically understaffed," so moderators end up working overtime and exceeding the company's recommended four-hour daily viewing limit. Despite the demands of the job, moderators had little margin for error, the suit states.
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