Facebook content moderators: taking the struggle to the streets of Washington DC

Facebook pays Accenture $50 for every hour a content moderator works. The moderators themselves only see a fraction of that.
Johnson Exploding Messages

It’s official – Government by WhatsApp is going to court

With our partners, the Citizens, we’ve won formal permission to proceed to a full judicial review. The government will now have to answer for its shambolic WhatsApp policies in court.

Facebook content moderators at Accenture – the real agenda for the Q&A with Julie Sweet

The Accenture CEO answered just one question on content moderation and avoided talking about pay or mental health support.

Facebook content moderators worldwide send a letter to Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO demanding fair pay

Accenture pockets $50 per hour for each content moderator working to make Facebook safer. The moderators themselves only get a fraction of that.
Johnson Exploding Messages

In court tomorrow: government by WhatsApp – here’s how we got here

It’s a crucial day in our campaign to stop the government using “disappearing messages” on apps like Signal or WhatsApp so proper records of government discussions are kept.

We’re in court tomorrow – watch the video, sign the petition!

Tomorrow afternoon we will support The Citizens to bring a permission hearing to the High Court for the case against government use of disappearing messages, like WhatsApp and Signal, for official business.
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Palantir just got booted out of a government social care contract!

After two legal cases by openDemocracy and Foxglove, the government has scrapped a contract with the spy tech firm. But bigger battles over the NHS’s future await, writes Cori Crider
Johnson Exploding Messages

We’re going to court – help us make the case that WhatsApp government needs a full judicial review 

We need to show that the government may be breaking the law – and that we’re standing up for the public interest. That’s why we’ve launched a petition.