A former Facebook employee has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that her job caused her to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to Motherboard.
Selena Scola worked as an external contributor for Facebook through a company called Pro Unlimited. Selena’s job was to identify and remove content from the largest social network that violated community standards, such as hate speech, violent imagery, self-harm, bullying, nudity, and sexual content.
According to Scola’s lawyers, their client developed PTSD due to “continuous and unremitting exposure to extremely toxic and extremely horrific images in the workplace.” They also claim that Facebook lacks adequate mental health services to monitor its employees.
On the other hand, Facebook told Motherboard that it provides mental health services to its employees. It also said that it provides training on mental health.
It will be interesting to see how this case progresses, as it could have wider implications for companies that require similar tasks from their executives. Facebook currently has around 7,500 people working solely to identify and remove objectionable content. According to Moneycontrol, this number is expected to increase to 20,000 people with employees from India earning between $3,100 and $5,500 annually.
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