Content moderators’ trauma a ‘work-related injury’, Spain court rules

Despite CCC arguing his psychological problems were down to ‘common illness’, magistrate Jesus Fuentes found that ‘work-related issues were the sole, exclusive and unquestionable trigger’. — AFP

MADRID: Psychological harm suffered by people moderating graphic online content should be considered a work-related injury, a Spanish judge has ruled in a case involving a subcontractor for Facebook parent company Meta.

Lawyers said it was the first time a court had recognised that sick leave taken by a content moderator was the result of his job monitoring disturbing content.