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Re:Facebook not protecting content moderators from mental tr... by jasonmaydie on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @11:54AM (#18067440)
But that`s the job. It`s not like they were doing something else and this is a side effect.

If i employ you to clean human feces, you can sure me for not providing adequate protection etc but you cant sure me because you had to deal with human feces. That is the job.

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Re:Facebook not protecting content moderators from mental tr... by morvita on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @12:55PM (#18068083)
You've hit exactly what this lawsuit is about. They aren't saying "when I got a job as a content moderator I wasn't expecting to see traumatizing things", they're saying "my employer isn't providing adequate protections from the things I have to see as part of my job".
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