Facebook moderators in India, working for a third-party contractor, say they felt pressured to return to the office this summer, even as the pandemic surged
when Covid-19 cases were surging in the country 1/4 https://restofworld.org/... Nilesh Christopher / @nilchristopher : IMPORTANT: When covid cases were surging, third-party FB moderators employed by IT firm Genpact were pressured to show up at Facebook's office in HITEC City, Hyderabad Colleagues @TekendraParmar and @telliotter have the details👇 https://restofworld.org/... https://twitter.com/... Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : This is a crazy scoop: - Content moderators in India are classified as “essential workers” and thus had to go to the office - Soon after FB said it wouldn't make content moderators go to the office it forced its workers in India to go back to the office https://restofworld.org/... Tekendra Parmar / @tekendraparmar : Moderators for @Facebook started returning to their offices at the firm @Accenture in Austin, TX on Oct 12th. @telliotter and I's reporting for @restofworld has found that content moderators working in India have been coming in much earlier: https://tinyurl.com/... @theintercept : Even as Facebook staff work from home, content moderators were forced to return to the office amid pandemic fears. https://theintercept.com/...
SCOOP: @TekendraParmar @telliotter spoke to Facebook moderators in India, who said they felt pressured to come back to work in *July* —when Covid-19 cases were surging in the country 1/4 https://restofworld.org/...
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IMPORTANT: When covid cases were surging, third-party FB moderators employed by IT firm Genpact were pressured to show up at Facebook's office in HITEC City, Hyderabad Colleagues @TekendraParmar and @telliotter have the details👇 https://restofworld.org/... https://twitter.com/...
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This is a crazy scoop: - Content moderators in India are classified as “essential workers” and thus had to go to the office - Soon after FB said it wouldn't make content moderators go to the office it forced its workers in India to go back to the office https://restofworld.org/..…
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Even as Facebook staff work from home, content moderators were forced to return to the office amid pandemic fears. https://theintercept.com/...
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Moderators for @Facebook started returning to their offices at the firm @Accenture in Austin, TX on Oct 12th. @telliotter and I's reporting for @restofworld has found that content moderators working in India have been coming in much earlier: https://tinyurl.com/...
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In India, Facebook contractor Genpact has been pushing workers be on-site at its Hyderabad office even as Covid-19 cases have skyrocketed in the city, in order to gain an advantage over competitors less comfortable sending workers in person. https://restofworld.org/...
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Sources from Genpact, a third party contractor for Facebook moderation, told @Telliotter and @TekendraParmar some workers were pressured to return to their offices in India as early as July New from Rest of World — https://restofworld.org/...
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I'm very glad we have @restofworld to tackle these stories on the ground https://twitter.com/...
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TFW you force people back to work during a pandemic. Never change, @Facebook. Never change. https://theintercept.com/...
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days after being told they could no longer work remotely, there's a COVID-19 case at one of Facebook's recently re-opened moderator centers https://theintercept.com/...
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These contractors, who work for Accenture, had to go back to the office. Meanwhile, full-time Facebook staff get to work from home 'til next June. https://twitter.com/...