Facebook failing to protect moderators from mental trauma, lawsuit claims

Contractors 'irreparably traumatized' by having to witness child abuse, rape, torture, suicide and murder, says former employee

A former Facebook contract employee has lodged a suit against the company, alleging that content moderators who face mental trauma after reviewing distressing images on the platform are not being properly protected by the social networking giant.

Facebook moderators under contract are "bombarded" with "thousands of videos, images and livestreamed broadcasts of child sexual abuse, rape, torture, bestiality, beheadings, suicide and murder", the lawsuit said.