Facebook admits it needs to do more for content reviewers

After a report claimed that Cognizant employees, tasked with vetting Facebook posts flagged for pornographic material, graphic violence or hate speech, have resorted to drugs and sex at workplace, the California-based firm admitted that it needs to do more to improve the well-being of people working in these roles.

A report in The Verge revealed nearly 1,000 Cognizant employees at its Phoenix, Arizona, office have been told “not to discuss the emotional toll their job takes on them, even with loved ones, leading to increased feelings of isolation and anxiety”.This led these low-earning employees to smoke weed, spout conspiracy theories and “having sex inside stairwells, the parking garage and a room reserved for lactating mothers”.