TikTok Germany employees form a Works Council

A little over 400 TikTok Deutschland GmbH employees are represented in the first Works Council (Betriebsrat) in Berlin office with 13 representatives.

In 2020, employees tried to form an Electoral Board (Wahlvorstand) digitally, however it was nullified by a Berlin Labour Court, because the elections must be conducted in-person or by mail ballot. 

Germany

A little over 400 TikTok Deutschland GmbH employees are represented in the first Works Council (Betriebsrat) in Berlin office with 13 representatives.
In 2020, employees tried to form an Electoral Board (Wahlvorstand) digitally, however it was nullified by a Berlin Labour Court, because the elections must be conducted in-person or by mail ballot.


Ex-Facebook moderators in Kenya sue over working conditions & strike breaking

Petition alleges local workers were subjected to irregular pay, inadequate mental health support and even forced labour, and union-busting and strike-breaking at Facebook's contractor Sama based in Nairobi, Keyna.

Motaung was fired after a planned strike was disrupted by management.

Kenya

Petition alleges local workers were subjected to irregular pay, inadequate mental health support and even forced labour, and union-busting and strike-breaking at Facebook's contractor Sama based in Nairobi, Keyna.
Motaung was fired after a planned strike was disrupted by management.


Facebook content moderators protest low wages with mobile billboard

From the [letter issued by accenture workers the same day](https://www.foxglove.org.uk/2021/10/19/letter-facebook-content-moderators-julie-sweet/):
> Content moderation for Facebook is worth half a billion dollars to Accenture, as we now know from the Times. For every US-based content moderator, in the Times’ estimation, you pocket $50. Content moderators in the US earn as little as $16.50 an hour.
> In expensive cities like Austin, with prices driven up by the tech industry, this falls far short of a living wage. We understand the ratio – of your profit from workers’ pay – is worse still in countries like India and Poland.
> Meanwhile, your own pay package last year was $17.1 million.
This disparity is exploitative. For all the talk of algorithms and ‘AI’ catching harmful content to protect Facebook’s 2.8 billion users, we—and you—know the truth: moderators do the work.

United States

From the letter issued by accenture workers the same day:

Content moderation for Facebook is worth half a billion dollars to Accenture, as we now know from the Times. For every US-based content moderator, in the Times’ estimation, you pocket $50. Content moderators in the US earn as little as $16.50 an hour.
In expensive cities like Austin, with prices driven up by the tech industry, this falls far short of a living wage. We understand the ratio – of your profit from workers’ pay – is worse still in countries like India and Poland.
Meanwhile, your own pay package last year was $17.1 million.
This disparity is exploitative. For all the talk of algorithms and ‘AI’ catching harmful content to protect Facebook’s 2.8 billion users, we—and you—know the truth: moderators do the work.


Facebook pays 52$ million in PTSD suit brought by content moderators

On September 2018, former Facebook moderator Selena Scola sued Facebook, alleging that she developed PTSD after being placed in a role that required her to regularly view photos and images of rape, murder, and suicide. Scola developed symptoms of PTSD after nine months on the job. The complaint, which was ultimately joined by several other former Facebook moderators working in four states, alleged that Facebook had failed to provide them with a safe workspace.

Accenture

Facebook

Sama

A company that contracts with Facebook for content moderation services in Nairobi, Kenya.

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TikTok Germany employees form a Works Council

Ex-Facebook moderators in Kenya sue over working conditions & strike breaking

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Facebook content moderators protest low wages with mobile billboard

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Facebook pays 52$ million in PTSD suit brought by content moderators