Facebook Hiring 3,000 To Monitor Videos After Murders, Violence Shown Live (usatoday.com)

Facebook will add 3,000 more people to its community team to review videos on the social network, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg, after several surfaced in recent weeks including a father livestreaming the killing of his daughter. From a report: In a statement published to Facebook on Wednesday, Zuckerberg says it is "heartbreaking" to see videos streamed or posted to the platform showing users "hurting themselves or others." He says 4,500 employees currently work on the community team reviewing reports on videos, and will add 3,000 over the next year. "If we're going to build a safe community, we need to respond quickly," said Zuckerberg. "We're working to make these videos easier to report so we can take the right action sooner -- whether that's responding quickly when someone needs help or taking a post down." Will Oremus, reporter at Slate said, "I asked Facebook whether the 3,000 new content-moderation jobs will be employees or contractors. The company declined to comment."

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What a waste

[fustakrakich]

Being a censor is becoming the biggest segment of Facebook employment.

Plot twist!

[Narcocide]

Will Oremus, reporter at Slate said, "I asked Facebook whether the 3,000 new content-moderation jobs will be employees or contractors. The company declined to comment."

Ironically, they'll be hired from the same foreign worker pool that's being paid to post the videos in the first place.

Re:Getting Paid to Watch Cat Videos

[Oswald McWeany]

But I don't think cat beheadings were part of their plans.

That can only be the work of the jihadi terrorist group MICE-IS

Re:Getting Paid to Watch Cat Videos

[gnick]

Even cat juggling was deemed controversial.

Cat juggling can be very beneficial. Picture somebody with a box full of kittens trying to give them away. He'll have a very tough time - Not many people want an extra kitten. BUT, if he starts juggling those kittens he vastly widens the audience of people willing to take those kittens from him. Much more effective. We could organize this approach into The Inhumane Society.