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Comment by rramadass

17 days ago

Your opinions have no basis in facts; talking about quantitative statistics without having any idea of the raw data is ignorance. The documentary/article point you to such data. The article in particular has links to others including the book Ghost Work - https://ghostwork.info/ which contains lots of data. AI content annotation falls under this umbrella.

I had already mentioned that graphic imagery causing psychological harm is well studied. Psychologists call it Secondary Trauma with symptoms similar to PTSD (which you have helpfully noted above) - https://www.ptsduk.org/secondary-trauma/?ref=thebrink.me

In fact, Facebook was taken to court over this, forced to acknowledge the harm done and paid out a hefty amount;

Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job - https://archive.is/M4tdk#selection-1487.0-1487.89

A simple google search would have given you any number of articles/papers on the subject. But instead of educating yourself, you are merely asking to be spoon-fed.

Nevertheless, start here (two broad classes of graphic imagery);

It matters what you see: Graphic media images of war and terror may amplify distress - https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2318465121

Pornography Consumption and Cognitive-Affective Distress - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10399954/