A former Facebook employee has sued the company and claims her work caused 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 older one social network that violated community standards, eg hate speech, images of 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 progresses, as it could have wider implications for companies that require similar work from their executives. Facebook currently has around 7.500 people working just to identify and remove any objectionable content. According to Moneycontrol, this number is expected to increase to 20.000 people with employees from India who will have annual earnings of $3.100 to $5.500.
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