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Low-wage Facebook contractor leaks secret censorship list
By Stephen C. Webster
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 14:40 EST
A secret list curated by social network giant Facebook was published online recently after an employee for one of the companys third-world contractors, upset at his poor working conditions and meager wage, decided to fight back.
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Amine Derkaoui, the 21-year-old Moroccan who leaked the document, claimed he was hired by a firm Facebook uses to outsource content policing, only to be paid $1 an hour for his efforts.
They are just exploiting the third world, he told Gawker.
Facebooks media relations department did not respond to a request for comment.
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The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 24, 2012, 03:12 AM - Edit history (1)
("exploiting the third world, that is) Of course, since more people buy apple products than other ones you would think it would be ok to hold a company you do business with accountable...
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(41,358 posts)Zalatix
(8,994 posts)I'm sure y'all remember this incident. It's quite similar.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/10/22/MNGCO2FN8G1.DTL