“Thousands of foreign moderators keep the worst content off Facebook but receive little support for the traumatic work. Could that change?”

“People have to clock in and clock out even when going to the toilet and explain the reason why they were delayed, which is embarrassing and humiliating.”

Back in 2008 Facebook began writing a document, laying out what could and what couldn’t be posted on the site. Then, the rules were simple, outlawing nudity and gore. Today, they’re anything but.

How do you define hate speech? Where’s the line between a joke and an attack? From these answers they’ve written a rulebook that all 2.2 billion of us are expected to follow. Today, we explore that rulebook wondering what does this mean for the future of free speech.

Inside the soul-crushing world of content moderation, where low-wage laborers soak up the worst of humanity, and keep it off your Facebook feed.