Working as a Facebook content moderator is apparently so bad that one employee started bringing a gun to work

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Working as a Facebook content moderator sounds like an absolutely nightmarish experience.

A new report from The Verge details the allegedly poor working conditions at Cognizant, a Facebook client where employees moderate content for the social media site. The job, which often involves dredging through videos depicting horrifying murders and other harmful content, has reportedly left workers experiencing anxiety attacks on the job and with secondary traumatic stress.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.