The 2000 employees of the Barcelona site in Telus were asked on Thursday, April 3, to “stay at home”. They were informed, by email, that their posts were deleted. These employees were one of those responsible for moderating the content of Meta’s social networks in the EU. © PRODEEP AHMEED / PIXABAY – In January, META announced substantial changes in the content verification policy of its social networks. Save save Receive the social media alerts in January, Meta boss, Mark Zuckerberg, announced substantial changes in the policy of verifying content of his social networks (Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram). End of Fact-Checking partnerships with media, decrease in moderation, establishment of “community notes” … Assuming a proper turn to satisfy the very conservative Trump administration, Zuckerberg said: “We delete a certain number of restrictions on subjects, such as immigration, gender identity and gender, which are at the heart of frequent political debates”. These measures: mass layoffs. The 2000 employees of Telus Digital, in Barcelona (Spain) pay the price. According to information from the world, the company, one of the main companies to which META subcontracts the moderation of its social networks in the European Union, informed the 2,000 employees concerned … by email. Thursday, April 3, they were unable to connect to their workstations, the message of their employer telling them that they could stay at home. Read also: Meta abandons Fact-Checking, what will Instagram and Facebook look like? In January, Zuckerberg accused the EU of “institutionalizing censorship” at the start of the year, however, Mark Zuckerberg had said that the new Meta moderation policy would only concern the content published in the United States. However, it was directly attached to the European regulations, accused of “institutionalizing censorship”, taking up an accusation of Elon Musk and American far -right movements. The pattern of Meta had called to “fight this global trend”, hand in hand with the Trump administration. Read also: META: Wave of layoffs after leaks of information questioned by Le Monde, Meta refuted to reduce the moderation of content in the EU, rather evoking a “redistribution of workforce” within other Telus sites, without more details on the number of employees concerned or on the positions they will occupy. These 2000 employees of the Barcelona site represent almost half of the workforce of moderators “speaking at least one European language”, according to the documents transmitted by META to the European Commission as part of the Digital Services Regulations. Receive our latest news every day, selecting the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) r u00e9seaux
