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Athens News Matters: The Human Cost of Content Moderation

Facebook, Google and other social media megaliths are known for treating their employees well, but the contract workers on the front lines of content moderation face grueling duties, with mental health provisions that are rudimentary at best. University of Georgia professor Jonathan Peters joins Chris Shupe to talk about these workers and their needs.

For further reading on content moderation, see this article from The Verge or this Vice article.

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.
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