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Technology,
Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation

Mar. 28, 2022

Content moderators say TikTok neglected their mental health

“The content is not the cute animal and baby videos often seen on the platform,” the Joseph Saveri Law Firm stated.

TikTok failed to adequately support its moderators as they had to look at deeply disturbing content in order to remove it from the social network, alleges a proposed class action by two former employees filed in federal court in Northern California.

The lawsuit alleges TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, violated California labor laws by failing to provide the plaintiffs with mental health care as they had to “review high volumes of ...

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