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Re:The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst ... by drinkjuice on Sunday January 29, 2017 @05:11AM (#13513449)
Dare I guess that these people generally get paid minimum wage?

> Tech companies don’t like to talk about the details of content moderation, so it’s difficult to judge how well they’re caring for the psychological health of moderators.

The number of such stories which include said companies declining comment (not this one, but anecdotally that's how it seems to be) is kind of a red flag though.

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Re:The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst ... by manarth on Sunday January 29, 2017 @09:14AM (#13514180) 

  "Often, the moderators are workers in developing countries, like the Philippines or India"
It looks like those two countries do have a legal minimum wage [1], although it's pretty low - $0.28 for India, $0.61 for the Phillipines. No idea whether those numbers reflect living wages for those countries though, or what a content moderator might actually earn.

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/a-look-at-minimum-wages-aroun...

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Re:The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst ... by savanaly on Sunday January 29, 2017 @12:54PM (#13515497)
Keep in mind cost of living is lower.
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