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If you want to know why AI workers & content moderators are unionizing, read this.

Outsourced #Meta workers in Ireland had to mimic paedophiles and act suicidal to train AI.

Now they're fighting back with @data-cwu.bsky.social.
www.thejournal.ie/meta-workers...
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Asked to think like a paedophile or act suicidal: Workers training Meta's AI in Ireland speak out
One worker who spoke to The Journal Investigates said that writing suicide-related prompts for AI led to them self-harming for the first time in their life.
www.thejournal.ie
July 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
uniglobalunion.org
👩‍💻If we are not sharing in the gains of AI, we are really supercharging the concentration of wealth and power.

Christy Hoffman on ensuring workers have a say in AI rollouts via CONTEXT @thomsonreutersfndn.bsky.social

#TechWorkersRising #TC2025
Q&A: Give workers a say in AI rollout, says union head | Context by TRF
As AI spreads through the world's workplaces, the head of UNI Global Union says workers must have a say in its rollout
www.context.news
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
uniglobalunion.org
🚨“Big Tech cannot build the future on disposable labour.”
Christy Hoffman, GenSec of @uniglobalunion.org.

“It’s time to hold Silicon Valley accountable for AI supply chain conditions.”

More on how AI’s rise depends on underpaid, hidden human labour in this @en.afp.com story. #TechWorkersRising
Gruelling, low-paid human work behind generative AI curtain
For a generative artificial intelligence system to learn how to write an autopsy report, human workers must sort and annotate thousands of crime scene images.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
uniglobalunion.org
🚨 TIME exclusive: Content moderators shield us from the darkest parts of the internet—but suffer PTSD, burnout & trauma.

A global union alliance says: enough. Meta, TikTok, OpenAI, Google & more must adopt 8 safety protocols now.

#TechWorkersRising
Exclusive: Global Safety Rules Aim to Protect AI’s Most Traumatized Workers
Outsourced workers review graphic content used to train AI. A global union is now pushing for baseline mental health protections.
time.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
uniglobalunion.org
🤯"Pretend to be suicidal. Write like a predator."

This is what some Meta content moderators are asked to do—every day.

But @cwuireland.bsky.social & The Global Trade Union Alliance for Content Moderators are organizing and demanding new safety protocols. #TechWorkersRising

✊Join us!
July 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
uniglobalunion.org
🤖🧑🏾Content moderators protect us from harmful online content—but who protects them. Now, they’re uniting globally to fight for fair pay & mental health protections. #TechWorkersRising
Content moderators for Big Tech unite to tackle mental trauma | Context by TRF
Outsourced and out of sight, content moderators call on Big Tech to address the mental trauma of content moderation
www.context.news
July 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM