Social media platform TikTok, which has exceeded 3 billion downloads worldwide, has been sued by its own employees. Ashley Velez and Reece Young, former TikTok content moderators; they are suing the company for being negatively impacted by their practices.
The reasons why the content moderators filed the lawsuit were that they wanted to remove their offensive videos from the platform, but they did not get enough support and their working conditions deteriorated their mental health. So what is the content of the case and how are TikTok employees really affected? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
Is TikTok affecting the mental health of its employees?
TikTok lawsuit content states that the company is forcing its employees to review the intense content. As a result of this situation, it is seen that the company does not support its employees enough for their deteriorated mental health. In addition, there are allegations that employees were forced to sign a “Confidentiality Agreement” in order not to legally discuss what they saw.
The lawsuit describes how the plaintiffs spent their time examining many disturbing content such as “child abuse, rape, torture, animal abuse, suicide, murder”. The lawsuit also reports that Velez and Young were repeatedly subjected to hate and complete theories over their mental health.
In December last year, Candie Frazier, who was also a TikTok employee, filed a lawsuit against the company on the grounds that her working conditions were difficult and her mental health deteriorated because of this. But the US independent news radio announced in a statement that this case is no longer advancing.
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