Let me tell you what it is like to work for Meta (Facebook).

Today's featured article comes from a series of posts published on the decentralized social media platform Mastodon. The thread recounts the personal experience of a user employed by Meta, the US giant behind platforms such as Meta and Instagram. The examples shared may be disturbing to some readers.

Having never signed a confidentiality agreement and possessing an account with no reference to their real identity, the user “Linux” decided to recount their experience as a Meta employee, opening the discussion by mentioning an unusual aspect: the psychological health coverage offered by the company - “Considering the content I see, I'm amazed that this job hasn't warped my fragile mind yet.”

This disturbing introduction to his story sets a certain tone for subsequent posts, in which he explains how his 8-12 hour shifts are often filled with written content, images, and videos containing “the worst that humanity has to offer.” It is not the increasingly frequent dick pics that prompt him to share his experience, but rather the endless material related to human trafficking, stalking, support for real-life criminals, pedophiles, and harassers.

Meta does nothing to stop this disgrace. Due to company policy, all of the content mentioned above falls under freedom of speech, providing a platform for countless criminals every day. The company is also working with ICE and DOGE - anyone who goes against the ideologies of the U.S. government ends up directly on a blacklist.