What Is Cognizant

Cognizant is a contractor hired by Facebook to moderate content. Facebook may write the policies, but the moderator decides if what’s reported fits the policy. According to a moderator, they were just bodies in seats for the company.

Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway · TikTok, Time's Up on Facebook's Content Moderation Sites · at 3:06 · June 29th, 2019 ·Transcript

On this episode

What Are The Secret Lives Of Facebook Moderators In America at 2:34 Transcript
What Is Cognizant at 3:06 Transcript
How Many Posts Are Reported Or Flagged On Facebook Each Day at 3:44 Transcript
How Can Some Moderators Be Diagnosed With Ptsd at 4:13 Transcript
How Long Do Facebook Moderators Have To Watch Gruesome Videos On The Platform at 4:38 Transcript
Why Did Facebook Hire American Moderators Rather Than Those From Overseas at 6:51 Transcript
What Kind Of Work Conditions Do Moderators Work In at 7:18 Transcript
Why Are The Most Gruesome Posts On Facebook And Not With Police at 10:38 Transcript
Why Does Facebook Allow Gruesome Content To Be Uploaded at 11:30 Transcript
What Will Happen To The Moderators That Broke Their Nondisclosure Agreements at 16:00 Transcript
What Would Happen If Donald Trump Didn’t Have Twitter at 24:48 Transcript