The Cleaners (2018)

Original title

Im Schatten der Netzwelt

Directed by

Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, Italy

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

16

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the lives of low-paid content moderators who decide what stays on social media. It shows the hidden human cost behind cleaning up the internet.

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What happens

The Cleaners is a 2018 documentary film directed by Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck. The documentary details the work experience of content moderators who have to decide which content needs to be removed by employing a moderation system for social media websites. The film won seven awards and was nominated for nine more. The Cleaners shines a light on a corner of the internet that is meant to be hidden from the average user. The film contrasts the poverty of those who work in content moderation and those in the technology profiting off of their labor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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