Technology,
Civil Litigation
Jul. 14, 2021
Judge signals she’ll narrow suit over YouTube moderator trauma
“We are moving to a digital world and that doesn’t mean causes of action go away. That just means they morph and change and continue to develop as society develops,” said U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.
A federal judge signaled Tuesday that she will whittle down a lawsuit against YouTube accusing it of inflicting psychological trauma on moderators whose jobs are to catch and remove graphic and objectionable content from the platform.
She found that Collabera, a staffing company that contracts with YouTube to provide content moderation services, might instead be liable. "I have to tell you that I sat here reading the complaint wond...
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