Facebook must pay $52 million to online moderators who were exposed to child sexual abuse, beheadings, terrorism, and other disturbing content
The class-action lawsuit, filed in September 2018 in a California state court, alleged that those who performed content moderation work on behalf of Facebook were denied protection against “severe psychological and other injuries” that can result from repeated exposure to graphic content.
In a statement about the settlement, a Facebook rep said, “We are grateful to the people who do this important work to make Facebook a safe environment for everyone. We’re committed to providing them additional support through this settlement and in the future.” Under the terms of the settlement, affected content moderators will be eligible to receive $1,000 each. In addition, class members diagnosed with specified conditions as a result of their work — like post-traumatic stress disorder — will receive a payment that can go to medical treatment for that condition and may be eligible for additional damage awards of up to $50,000 each.
Facebook also agreed to employ new safety measures for U.S.-based content moderators working for its vendors. Those include requiring the third-party vendors to provide coaching sessions with licensed mental health counselors and other mental-health support, as well as enhancing review tools designed to make content moderators’ work safer.
The settlement in the case, Scola v. Facebook Inc., was entered May 8 and still requires court approval. The plaintiffs are represented by co-lead counsels Burns Charest LLP and the Joseph Saveri Law Firm.
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