Facebook content moderators in Kenya call the work ‘torture’. Their lawsuit may ripple worldwide

Nkunzimana speaks to The Associated Press in Nairobi, Kenya. Nearly 200 former content moderators for Facebook are suing the company and a local contractor in a court case in Kenya that could have implications for the work worldwide. — AP

NAIROBI, Kenya: On the verge of tears, Nathan Nkunzimana recalled watching a video of a child being molested and another of a woman being killed.

Eight hours a day, his job as a content moderator for a Facebook contractor required him to look at horrors so the world wouldn’t have to. Some overwhelmed colleagues would scream or cry, he said.