Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Online Content Moderation: Discussion

Photo of Róisín GarveyRóisín Garvey (Green Party)
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The question I was posing is that if Facebook clearly distinguishes the need to separate moderators between home and work, based on the level of darkness of the content, why is there no distinction in the training and supports? If Facebook can see it, where is the backup for the moderators? It is also interesting that Ms Plunkett has flagged that lots of people are leaving because another tech company has managed to do a much better job of employing people. So there is obviously precedent there of another tech giant doing it better. It is an interesting one to hold up to Facebook.