Scola v. Facebook | 2018 -2021

March, 2023 San Francisco, CA

Selena Scola: I want to thank Erin, Gabriel, and all of the class representatives that supported this case against Facebook, along with Steven Williams, the Saveri law firm, Burns Charest LLP firm (co-counsel), and Most & Associates Representing the plaintiffs, for their support. Due to the global impact of our work, former content moderators Chris Gray in Ireland and Daniel Montague in South Africa are currently working to hold Facebook, a local Bay Area and multinational corporation, accountable in courts of law for unsafe working conditions and human rights violations. Unfortunately, we have yet to see content moderators step forward from the Philippines. 

Content moderation highlights complex global problems from terrorism, insurgencies, and child endangerment, to misinformation, online scams, self-inflicted premature death, and the decline of mental health in younger populations, while moderators work with diverse stakeholders, including governments, civil society groups, and individual users.   

Until computer vision, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies are able to classify, identify, and remove content deemed harmful by facebook's public policies, there will be humans in-the-loop training facebook's algorithms at the long-term cost of their overall health and well-being.   We greatly appreciate the recognition of our work in Scola vs. Facebook, as such recognition continues to assist those still seeking justice.  

Thank you.