Do you want to be a content moderator on YouTube? You might as well think over that decision again, because if there was something that that work can guarantee you, it would be a negative effect on your mental health. Content moderators, according to The Verge have received legal warnings which state that the job not only may negatively affect their mental health; it could cause PTSD as well. Yikes!
Social media sites are increasingly informing employees of the negative effects of moderation jobs following several reports on harrowing working conditions, including long hours viewing violent and sexually exploitative content with little mental health support. Before accepting a job with Accenture, a subcontractor that works with several social media companies and manages some YouTube moderators at a Texas facility, employees had to sign a form titled “Acknowledgement”, the Verge reported.
More about this over at The Guardian.
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