A Facebook moderator says she took down beheadings, child pornography, and animal abuse every day — but was 'treated like nothing'

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• A former Facebook moderator revealed the disturbing imagery she had to remove from the site everyday.
• In an anonymous interview with the BBC, she said she had to make quickfire takedown decisions about photos and videos containing beheadings, animal abuse, and child pornography.
• The content reviewer said the work gave her nightmares and criticised Facebook for the lack of support it provided staff.
• Facebook said graphic content is a "fraction" of what needs to reviewed, and it is committed to giving moderators the tools to do the job well.

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A former Facebook moderator has revealed the horrors she was exposed to every day — and criticised the social network for not doing enough to support staff handling disturbing imagery.

The content reviewer worked in a Facebook takedown centre in Berlin and spoke to the BBC on the condition of anonymity, only being identified under the pseudonym of Laura.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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