TikTok’s content moderators are exposed to a regular diet of child pornography, rapes, beheadings and animal mutilation, according to a lawsuit against it.
TikTok’s 10,000 content moderators are exposed to a regular diet of child pornography, rapes, beheadings and animal mutilation, according to a lawsuit filed against the video-sharing platform and its parent, ByteDance Inc.
Due to the sheer volume of content, TikTok content moderators are permitted no more than 25 seconds per video.And there’s no escaping it, she claims. TikTok requires moderators to work at a frantic pace, watching hundreds of videos per 12-hour shift with only a hour off for lunch and two 15-minute breaks, according to Thursday’s complaint in federal court in Los Angeles.
TikTok was a member of a group of social media companies, including Facebook and YouTube, that developed guidelines for helping moderators cope with the images of child abuse their jobs required them to view, according to the complaint.But TikTok failed to implement the guidelines, which include providing psychological support and limiting shifts to four hours, according to the suit.
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