Technology,
Litigation & Arbitration,
Civil Litigation
Jul. 27, 2021
Facebook content moderators’ lawyers secure $15.6M in fe
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge V. Raymond Swope approved the deal brokered by the Joseph Saveri Law Firm that will provide at least $1,000 payouts to more than 14,000 contractors who were hired to screen violent and sexual images.
Attorneys secured $15.6 million in attorney fees for their work in a $52 million settlement to resolve allegations that Facebook inflicted psychological trauma on moderators whose jobs are to catch and remove graphic and objectionable content from the platform.
In an order issued on Friday, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge V. Raymond Swope approved the deal brok...
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