Facebook moderators are taking their fight for better conditions to the Irish parliament.
Experts have warned more support is needed for the social media giant’s moderators who are employed by outsourcing firms, and that a change of model in the way graphic content is handled is “desperately” needed.
It will be the first time a social media moderator has given evidence to a parliamentary committee.
Former moderators have told
The National they had to assess up to 1,000 posts per shift, including disturbing images, against hundreds of criteria, and that they were expected to achieve 98 per cent accuracy.
The Oireachtas' Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment is due to hear evidence on Wednesday from a Dublin-based moderator, the Communication Workers Union and the director of advocacy group Foxglove, Cori Crider.