Jules she/herFeb 12, 2025

"I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/12/moderator-facebook-real-cost-outsourcing-digital-labour?

"Every content moderator, data annotator and AI worker we met had the same stories: impossible quotas, profound trauma and a disregard for our wellbeing."

#DigitalExploitation #DigitalColonialism #AfricanTechWorkersRising

I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour

Tech firms must invest in and respect the people who filter social media and label the data that AI relies on, says Sonia Kgomo, an organiser with African Tech Workers Rising

The Guardian