Facebook's content moderators demand for an end to culture of 'fear and secrecy'

Home >Technology >News >Facebook’s content moderators demand for an end to culture of ‘fear and secrecy’ PremiumFacebook app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration. (REUTERS) 3 min read . Updated: 23 Jul 2021, 05:45 AM IST Prasid Banerjee The letter made three demands of the trillion dollar social media giant — Facebook must end its culture of fear and secrecy, Facebook must provide proper mental health support to all moderators, and it must bring all content moderators in house Content moderators employed by social media giant Facebook are demanding that the company end a culture of “fear and secrecy”. “Content moderation is at the core of Facebook’s business model. It is crucial to the health and safety of the public square. And yet the company treats us unfairly and our work is unsafe. Today, we write to demand change,” they wrote in an open letter signed by over 100 moderators and addressed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, and the CEOs of Covalen and Accenture, two contractors who provide moderators to the company. The letter made three demands of the trillion dollar social media giant — Facebook must end its culture of fear and secrecy,…
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