Varadkar pledges to contact Facebook over concerns of content moderators
Tánaiste has 50-minute Zoom meeting with Ibrahim Halawa and colleague over their pay and working conditions as employees of outsourcing firms
The Tánaiste has committed to write to Facebook and its outsourcing companies asking them to lay out their responses regarding the concerns of staff who moderate toxic content on its platform.
On Friday, Paria Moshfeghi and Ibrahim Halawa held a 50-minute Zoom meeting with Leo Varadkar to detail their concerns.
Moshfeghi and Halawa are among thousands of moderators worldwide who help filter out violent, abusive and terrorism-based content on Facebook and Instagram.
They are employed ...