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The In-House Decency Patrol At Facebook

Posted by timothy on from the keeping-the-milquetoast-lukewarm dept.

theodp writes "How'd you like a job where you get fired if you DON'T view porn at work? Newsweek reports on Facebook's internal police force of 150 staffers who are charged with regulating users' decorum, hunting spammers and working with actual law-enforcement agencies to help solve crimes. Part hall monitors, part vice cops, the $50,000-a-year 'porn cops' also keep Facebook safe for corporate advertisers."

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  1. so lest get this straight by ionix5891 · · Score: 5, Funny

    there are people who get PAID to view porn?!

    1. Re:so lest get this straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      yep. my first "job"ã(back in high school) was translating pirated movies for a small video shop somewhere in Eastern Europe.

      more than half of what i had to do was porn, and i liked it, because it was easier than normal films, and paid the same.

      and the hard ons were for free.

      good times ...

    2. Re:so lest get this straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I work for a web hosting company that caters to the adult industry. Looking at porn is a job requirement.

      However, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Porn doesn't discriminate.

      I'll let you figure it out.

    3. Re:so lest get this straight by jo42 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Imagine that. I've also heard that there are people who get paid to MAKE porn!!

    4. Re:so lest get this straight by GF678 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      there are people who get PAID to view porn?!

      You know those porn sites on that there Interwebz? Well guess what... each and every single one needs someone to at the very least maintain and run the sites, if not to adjust/crop/re-size/airbrush the material.

      I remember reading the first-hand experiences of a guy hired to maintain such a site. The end result was that he found himself totally desensitized to the material, even the really hardcore stuff, to the point that porn had absolutely no thrill. So be aware of this if you every find the opportunity to check out porn on a daily basis. :)

    5. Re:so lest get this straight by 4D6963 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Call me when they pay me to view porn _and_ read Slashdot.

      Maybe CmdrTaco could use a helping hand with getting rid of the goatse links?

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  2. I'm sure it gets real old by mc1138 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As exciting as this seems at first, I'm sure it gets real old real fast, and isn't nearly as cool as it seems.

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  3. Rampant Sexism by corsec67 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hate how incredibly sexist the filtering is. Both sexes (generally) have a pair of nipples that appear very similar, so for one pair to be fine for prime-time television, and another pair to be fined for a fleeting appearance on TV seems very silly.

    It isn't the shape of the female breast that is the issue, as a picture of a model wearing a skimpy swimming suit would pass. Male nipples? Also just fine.

    Female Nipples? WHOAH, STOP THE PRESSES!
    (Even if the nipple is currently feeding a child)

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    1. Re:Rampant Sexism by Swizec · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Unlike the average slashdotter I'm exposed to breasts at least every day and to be quite honest, they never stop being the single best toy in the world. Breasts are fun. End of story.

    2. Re:Rampant Sexism by orange47 · · Score: 5, Funny

      aww, how cute, baby learned to type already..

  4. Facebook might be in for a surprise! by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait till they find pictures of their mothers on my page!

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  5. Re:Internal Corruption by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you've been following what the LAPD has been up to in the last few months, you'd know that cops get cycled through the vice unit after only 18 months so that the next guy can get a turn.

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  6. You wouldn't like it at all by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I had the job ages ago of invesitgating complaints about a large dutch ISP's servers and user accounts content. If you send a mail that on our network there was inappropriate content, then I investigated and took appropriate action.

    Do not think this inappropriate content is restricted to some David Hamilton pics ("this content is legal with in the jurisdiction of the account it is hosted from")or even the early ancestors of "two girls and a cup" ("No laws are broken").

    Times might have changed a bit. The internet is a bit less of a wild west zone and facebook might not attract the very worsed of content as it is by its nature linked to your indentity but then, so was your IP to your account in my time.

    I quit after a few months despite a fairly high salary because there is only so much child porn, dead bodies or both you can look at.

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    You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.

  7. Re:50k$ is not enough by Flere+Imsaho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just be thankful you're not being paid to watch necrophilia-based porn - that's dead boring. In contrast, the incest related stuff is only relatively boring.

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