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Re:Google contractors vote to unionize in historic landslide... by klyrs on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:23AM (#35723286)
Such as people who moderate / classify / filter content for minimum wage, who are frequently traumatized by the shit they see and cannot afford therapy.
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Re:Google contractors vote to unionize in historic landslide... by andsoitis on Thursday April 27, 2023 @03:58AM (#35724697)
Are you just guessing or do you have data such as how much $ and how pervasive this is at Google specifically?
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Re:Google contractors vote to unionize in historic landslide... by j33zusjuice on Friday April 28, 2023 @04:23AM (#35738855)
It’s very well documented. To the point I’m honestly surprised you haven’t heard of it before. But that’s fine:

Facebook paid $85,000,000 to some content moderators. YouTube paid a single moderator like $4,500,000. There’s also a 2022 case against TikTok that appears to be ongoing (I didn’t look into it).

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/judge-oks-85-mln...

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/youtube-settles-...

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24/1088343332/tiktok-lawsuit-con...

There’s also a documentary on the topic. I think it was on Netflix.

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