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Studies have shown that violent and extreme images have the potential to spark symptoms of PTSD in those who view them.
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Read More »In 2018, Selena Scola, a former content moderator on contract with Facebook, brought a lawsuit against the company claiming that the violent and distressing images and footage she was routinely exposed to in the course of her work caused her to suffer PTSD. Earlier this year, Erin Elder and Gabriel Ramos, two more former Facebook contractors, also claimed to have suffered psychological trauma, owing to their roles as content moderators. They have joined common cause with Ms Scola, and Facebook could now face a class-action lawsuit. Having, myself, experienced intrusive memories after watching just one distressing social media clip, I can easily see how regular viewers of such content might develop psychological problems. The former senior Pentagon adviser on mental health, a retired army colonel and psychiatrist, Dr Elspeth Ritchie, suggests that “in the vast majority of people, just seeing violent images is not enough, but in some people it could be”. A study undertaken by researchers from the University of Bradford in the UK and presented at the British Psychological Society’s annual conference in 2015 looked directly at the impact of viewing traumatic events via social media. The study of 189 participants found that around 20 per cent of people obtained high scores on clinical measures of PTSD after viewing such events, despite having no prior history of trauma. The lead author of the study, Dr Pam Ramsden, suggests that large numbers of social media users are being negatively affected by what they see online. This appears to signal that, although many of us view the internet as a wholly virtual world, the mental health consequences of what we experience on it can be all too real.
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