Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Online Content Moderation: Discussion

Ms Isabella Plunkett:

On the question regarding screening, it is an interview process at which people are asked to identify the issues that might trigger a reaction in them or that they would prefer not to see. For example, I said that content showing children suffering would bother me. Nobody wants to see children suffering. That would destroy me and, I think, many other people. The response was that I could have to deal with such content and I was asked how I would handle it. I gave my answer and that was it. I was successful and I got the job. If people knew at the outset that the work could impact on their mental health or cause post-traumatic stress disorder, I do not think they would apply for the job. That would be a huge turn-off for a company, but, again, that is just my opinion.

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