Employees say they weren’t adequately warned about the brutality of some of the text and images they would be tasked with reviewing, and were offered no or inadequate psychological support. Workers were paid between $1.46 and $3.74 an hour, according to a Sama spokesperson.
Whether or not we call it slavery, it is for sure a gross exploitation of labour. The article reminds us that we in the so-called ‘western world’ can only afford their luxury life because there’s someone elsewhere who pays the price.
It definitely is exploitation, but calling it slavery softens the blow of the very real actual slavery that still exists all over the world.
The practice isn’t limited to cheap countries, though. This shit also happens in the west, with higher wages and with more labour protection, but with the same psychological scars that can last a lifetime.