Moderators required to sign form before accepting a job with subcontractor Accenture, according to report from the VergeContent moderators for YouTube have received legal warnings the job may negatively affect their mental health and cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new report from the Verge found. Before accepting a job with Accenture, a subcontractor that works with several social media companies and manages some YouTube moderators at a Texas facility, employees had to sign a form titled “Acknowledgement”, the Verge reported. “The wellbeing of our people is a top priority,” the Accenture spokesman said. “Moderators do vital and necessary work to keep digital platforms safer for everyone,” the YouTube spokesman said. He added that Twitter is “consistently incorporating technology and tools that limit or reduce our moderators’ exposure to sensitive content”.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2020 22:07 UTC