'Absolutely inhumane' | Staff tasked with moderating Facebook's distressing content left with serious mental health issues

Staff tasked with checking Facebook and Instagram for violent and distressing content are suing the company after going on sick leave with psychological trauma.

Workers at CCC Barcelona Digital Services - a company to which Meta outsources its content moderation, to check the content of Facebook and Instagram, have struggled with the mental toll of checking videos and images containing despicable content, including murders, sexual assault and livestreamed suicides.