Former Facebook moderator to publish book about his experiences

Chris Gray, who was a contractor for CPL in Ireland, has been a vociferous critic of how Facebook treats the moderators that it hires to screen graphic content

Chris Gray, a former content moderator for Facebook, says his job caused him psychological damage and has written a book about his experiences. He said he that by writing The Moderator, he hoped to change the narrative around how moderators are viewed. Picture: Fergal Phillips

A former Facebook moderator who alleges his job caused him psychological damage has written a book about his experiences.

Chris Gray, who worked as a contractor for CPL in Ireland, has been an outspoken critic of how Facebook and other social media platforms treat the people who are employed to filter out disturbing content.

Gray said his motivations for writing The Moderator, which is scheduled to be published by Gill in the autumn, were to ...