Facebook’s Contracted Moderators Say They’re Paid to Follow Orders, Not Think

Workers say they were discouraged from speaking up when they found flaws in the company’s policies

Content moderators work at a Facebook office in Austin, Texas. Photo: Ilana Panich-Linsman/The Washington Post/Getty Images

We know by now that moderating Facebook is a nightmare. We know that developing and enforcing a consistent set of rules across 2 billion users across nearly 200 countries…