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Facebook content moderators

What is a content moderator?: an FAQ

Content moderators are essential workers in the day-to-day running of Facebook. It is their job to review content submitted by Facebook’s 2.8bn global userbase to its newsfeeds.

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2nd day in court: Court hears government by WhatsApp isn’t a problem – and that citizens have no right to challenge it

Lawyers for the government told London’s High Court today that official policies on disappearing message apps like WhatsApp are for Ministers and officials to follow – or not – as they see fit.

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Johnson Exploding Messages

1st day in court: evidence revealed widespread use of WhatsApp messages, message deletion and loss of crucial public records in government 

Today was day one of a three-day hearing at the London High Court into government by WhatsApp.  

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Our case challenging disappearing messages is in court!

On Tuesday, All the Citizens, supported by Foxglove, will be in the London High Court to challenge the use of …

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Facebook outsourcer Sama agrees to increase pay for content moderators in Kenya

Despite the concession, the lowest-paid content moderators will still be on some of the worst wages for Facebook workers anywhere in the world.

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Sama’s response to TIME’s exposé on Facebook moderators: copy-and-paste corporate jargon and a load of non-denials

It’s a damning read for an “ethical AI” firm – who just raised $70 million in an investment round on the back of its “ethical” reputation. 

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NEW CASE: Foxglove supports Facebook content moderator sacked for leading workers to form a trade union in Kenya

Imagine spending all day dealing with the world’s worst violent Facebook posts on as little as $1.50 a day. Now imagine you do this for a company that calls itself an ‘ethical AI’ firm – and that they fire people who stand up and complain.

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Fear Of The Brown Envelope

No government algorithm should decide who eats and who goes hungry – we step up challenge to the DWP’s secret benefit probes algorithm

Disabled people in Manchester threaten legal action over an algorithm that forces them into call centre “doom loops” to access vital cash.

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