- A reporter for British broadcaster Channel 4 went undercover as a Facebook moderator at CPL Resources, a Dublin-based content moderation contractor.
- They found that Facebook is failing to delete shocking examples of graphic violence, child abuse, and racism, including a little boy being beaten by a grown man.
- The documentary, "Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network," exposes wild inconsistencies in how moderators were being trained and Facebook's standards.
- Facebook said it has made "mistakes," but denied accusations that it seeks to profit from extreme content.
A journalist from British broadcaster Channel 4 went undercover as a Facebook moderator and found a stream of toxic content that the company was failing to delete.
The reporter posed as an employee of CPL Resources — a Dublin-based content moderation contractor that has worked with Facebook since 2010 — for documentary "Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network."
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