A former Facebook employee filed a lawsuit against company and claims that work caused her post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to Motherboard.
Selena Scola used to work as an external contributor to Facebook through a company called Pro Unlimited. Selena's job was to identify and remove content from the largest social network that violated community standards, such as hate speech, pictures violence, self-harm, bullying, nudity and sexual content.
According to the lawyersconditions of Scola, their client developed PTSD due to "constant and indiscriminate exposure to extremely toxic and extremely horrific images in the workplace." They also claim that Facebook does not have the proper mental health services to monitor its employees.
On the other hand, Facebook said in the Motherboard that it provides mental health services to its employees. He also stated that he also provides educational procedures for mental well-being.
It will be interesting to see how this case will proceed, as it could have wider implications on Companies that require similar tasks from their executives. Facebook currently has around 7.500 people working just to identify and remove any objectionable content. According to Moneycontrol, that number is expected to rise to 20.000 with workers from India earning an annual salary of $3.100 to as much as $5.500.
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