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We Had To Remove This Post

By Hanna Bervoets

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We Had To Remove This Post

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‘A superbly poised, psychologically astute and subtle novel of mental unravelling.' Ian McEwan, author of Atonement To be a content moderator is to see humanity at its worst - but Kayleigh needs money. That's why she takes a job working for a social media platform whose name she isn't allowed to mention. Her job: reviewing offensive videos and pictures, rants and conspiracy theories, and deciding which need to be removed. It's gruelling work. Kayleigh and her colleagues spend all day watching horrors and hate on their screens, evaluating them with the platform's ever-changing moderating guidelines. Yet Kayleigh is good at her job, and in her colleagues she finds a group of friends, even a new girlfriend — and for the first time in her life, Kayleigh's future seems bright. But soon the job seems to change them all, shifting their worlds in alarming ways. How long before the moderators' own morals bend and flex under the weight of what they see? We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets is a chilling, powerful and gripping story about who or what determines our world-view. Examining the toxic world of content moderation, the novel forces us to ask: what is right? What is real? What is normal? And who gets to decide? Translated from the original Dutch by Emma Rault. ‘Fast paced and thrilling, violent and nightmarish and grief-stricken, but also tender and wildly moving.' Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things ‘This novel gives us an acid glimpse into a new form of labor existing today . . . Fascinating and disturbing.' Ling Ma, author of Severance
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
137
Release Date:
2023-06-01
Publication Date:
2023-06-01
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529087244
ISBN13:
9781529087246
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
110 g
Height:
125 cm
Width:
193 cm
Thickness:
11 cm

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