Facebook has agreed to pay current and former content moderators at least $1,000 each as part of a $52 million settlement, The Verge reports. The 11,250 moderators, who are based in the US, will ...

When OoeyGooee goes live on Twitch, she boots up a game (lately, Party Animals), sits down to chat with viewers, or pops on a movie. Hundreds of people tune in to watch, chatting alongside her ...

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TikTok, the social media giant that keeps billions scrolling, relies on a vast, largely invisible workforce. Behind the joy and entertainment are workers—content moderators, engineers, outsourced ...

Four people were on the CNN debate stage Thursday evening. Two have a chance to be elected president in November. The two others — the event’s moderators — apparently felt compelled to insert ...

Republicans complained that the moderators weren’t fair to Donald Trump. Several times, they fact checked his statements, including when he claimed immigrants were killing family pets for food in ...

Facebook content moderators are calling for an end to NDAs, which prohibit them from talking about work. Moderators are contractors tasked with sifting through violent content, like suicide and child ...

Despite Facebook’s repeated assurances that it would address poor workplace conditions for its content moderators, often contractors who spend their days reviewing graphic and violent images posted on ...

Complaining about debate moderators has now become part of the game, the same way we argue about officiating in sports. According to a report by the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Group, which was ...

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Facebook moderators are protesting low wages at ...

Facebook has agreed in principle to pay $52 million to compensate current and former content moderators who developed mental health issues on the job. The Verge reported Tuesday that the settlement ...