Facebook to Pay $ 52 Million to its Moderators
According to an announcement by Facebook , it has decided to pay a total amount of $52 million to its existing and former content moderators . The social media giant has agreed to pay this amount to compensate these content moderators for the issues regarding their deteriorating mental health. These content moderators were found suffering from PTSD, which developed while working for the company. Also, the company has decided to provide more and more counseling to these content moderators while they are working. According to the settlement that was filed in San Mateo Superior court , the company has decided to pay $ 1,000 to each moderator and also the moderators will be provided more compensation if they will be diagnosed with the deteriorating mental conditions or PTSD. The settlement is covering almost 11,250 moderators , and the lawyers believed that nearly half of these moderators might be found eligible for extra co...