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Oct 20, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: TikTok content moderators in Colombia have to scroll through child abuse + gang violence – while being aggressively surveilled themselves.
One ex-moderator, paid $10/day, told me she was required to keep her webcam on all night. In @TIME@TBIJtime.com/6223340/tiktok…
Moderators work six days a week for wages just barely scraping minimum wage. Many said that the job was intensely traumatizing, and the company's mental health support scheme is lacking.
"I had tremors in my hands and legs. It was tortuous."