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Casey Newton on the secret life of Facebook moderators

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34:39 | Feb 26th, 2019

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In “The Trauma Floor,” The Verge’s Casey Newton uncovered the horrendous working conditions for contract Facebook moderators. On this week’s Vergecast, he and editor-in-chief Nilay Patel discuss how h...Show More



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jspinelle recommended:Feb 27th, 2019

A great behind the scenes account of an equally great piece. Highly recommend subscribing to Casey’s newsletter.

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mmFeb 27th, 2019

Thanks for echoing this @jspinelle! It was a really good episode. Can't wait to hear and read more of the Casey Newton's reporting in this area going forward.

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mmFeb 27th, 2019

Just signed up for Casey's newsletter. Leaving the link to his newsletter here in case anyone comes across this and is interested: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/caseynewton

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mm recommended:Feb 27th, 2019

Shocking reporting about what Facebook moderators do behind-the-scenes. We (or rather Facebook) need to value these people more for keeping Facebook mostly sane. The accompanying article that goes more in depth is here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator...Show More

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alicekoMar 3rd, 2019

I started reading this article and I couldn’t even finish it

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