New Delhi, October 21 (IANS) As Covid-19 cases in India increased, third-party content moderators running for Facebook allegedly forced them back to work, according to a report through the non-profit publication “Rest of the World”.
In Hubrabad, at least 1,600 other people are hired through genpact corporate pro global to moderate Facebook content.
“This summer, even as Covid-19 instances were highest in India, Genpact moderators said they felt stressed through their employer to get back to the office,” the report said Tuesday.
“While facebook’s top full-time staff stay at home, those staff have been forced to decide between their fitness and livelihoods,” he said.
The rest of the world said he had spoken to four current and previous Genpact employees.
“They said moderators, in some cases as early as July, had been asked to return to the to address sensitive content, adding messages about child exploitation, suicide and other issues that can cause real-world harm,” the report says. Said.
Genpect said in a post that he said the moderators were invited to come to the workplace only voluntarily.
“To make this manageable and clear, workers will have to point out a weekly way by asking them to voluntarily settle for this,” a corporate spokesman told the rest of the world.
Facebook replied: “Our purpose to reopen any workplace is how it can be done in a way that helps keep our advisors safe. To do this, we implement strict curtains of protection and fitness, make sure that they are tracked and we treat and disclose any case of disease. “
According to the report, a senior content moderator stated that Genpact workers were informed that they could lose their jobs if they arrived at the office.
“The operations team told them that these were vital orders,” said the moderator. “There is something threatening. “
Facebook had more than 30,000 workers working on protection and security, and some of them were content moderators.
In May, the social media giant agreed to pay $52 million to third-party content moderators who developed post-traumatic tension disorder (PTSD) and other intellectual fitness disorders by scanning dozens of disturbing photographs of rape, homicide and suicide to curb the site. Rig.
According to The Verge, in an initial settlement of the San Mateo High Court, the social media giant agreed to pay damages to 11,250 U. S. -based moderators and give them more advice.
Facebook has hired several corporations such as Accenture, Cognizant, Genpact and ProUnlimited to moderate and remove destructive content after the 2016 US presidential election and the Cambridge Analytica knowledge scandal.
Last year, several moderators told The Verge that they had been diagnosed with PTSD after running for Facebook.
Cognizant later announced that it would stop content moderation and shut down its sites before this year. The company has also developed “the next generation of wellness practices” for the content moderators involved.
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