with Tonya RileyA New York University report published today is calling for social media companies to stop outsourcing content moderation. It's nitty-gritty, arduous work, which the leaders of social media companies would prefer to hold at arm's length,” he told me. The high-profile debate over how social media companies handle President Trump's inflammatory content is one of the most politically perilous issues for tech companies. Appoint a senior official to oversee content moderation: Barrett says responsibility for content moderation is currently stretched across disparate teams. Sponsor research into the health risks of these jobs: A third-party content moderation vendor, Accenture, has said that PTSD is a potential risk of content moderation work.

Source: Washington Post June 08, 2020 13:18 UTC