Thirty cases taken to High Court by Facebook content moderators, Oireachtas committee hears

Content moderators are responsible for sifting through posts, pictures, and videos and determining what is appropriate and what is not. File picture: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Roughly 30 cases have been taken to the High Court by content moderators of Facebook, the Oireachtas committee on enterprise, trade and employment was told, amid a growing appetite for better conditions for staff handling difficult and, at times, traumatic content.

The need for statutory regulation of the content on social media channels is “over-ripe”, it was argued.