More than 10,000 workers who said they suffered psychological trauma monitoring sensitive content for Facebook agreed to a $52 million settlement Tuesday.
The workers, who were employed by Facebook vendors, sued in San Mateo County Superior Court alleging the tech giant didn't protect them from psychological trauma following chronic exposure to graphic content such as child sexual abuse, beheadings and terrorism.
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