“One moderator explained that they have to review 900 videos a day, and only watching 700 videos a day is considered "work avoidance."”
About 500 of the cuts are in Malaysia, delivered by email. In 2022 the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found TikTok moderators earning about $1.80 an hour to watch murder and suicide, with bonus pay docked for missing quotas. TikTok now says the job belongs to AI. Software only had to beat $1.80 an hour.