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The People Who Remove Your Facebook Posts

The People Who Remove Your Facebook Posts

They decide what you can and can’t see. Who are Facebook’s content moderators?

Trending · BBC World Service

October 5, 201822m 31s

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Show Notes

They decide what you can and can’t see on the world’s biggest social network. Who are Facebook’s content moderators? We speak to a woman who worked in a moderation centre in Germany, often watching violent and pornographic videos and deciding what posts should be deleted. What do people who police content think of what support Facebook gives employees, and what are their daily working lives actually like?

Presenter: Anisa Subedar Reporter: Jamie Bartlett Producer: Gemma Newby Studio Manager: Tom Brignell

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