Facebook will pay $52 million to
employees who suffered PTSD
臉書將支付5200萬美元給罹患創傷後壓力症候群的員工
【摘要2020.5.26.自由】◎黃靖媗
Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to
current and former moderators to compensate them for mental health issues developed
on the job. In a preliminary settlement filed on Friday in San Mateo Superior
Court, the social network agreed to pay damages to American moderators and
provide more counseling to them while they work.
臉書（Facebook）已同意支付5200萬美元，給現任與前任的審核員，賠償他們因工作造成的心理健康問題。在聖馬提歐高等法院提出的初步和解案中，這家社群網路公司同意支付賠償金給美籍審核員，並在他們的工作期間提供更多諮商。
Each moderator will receive a minimum of
$1,000 and will be eligible for additional compensation if they are diagnosed
with post-traumatic stress disorder or related conditions.
倘若被診斷出「創傷後壓力症候群」（PTSD）或其他相關疾病，每位審核員最少可以拿到1000美元，而且有資格獲得額外賠償。
In September 2018, former Facebook
moderator Selena Scola sued Facebook, alleging that she developed PTSD after
being placed in a role that required her to regularly view photos and images of
rape, murder, and suicide. Scola developed symptoms of PTSD after nine months
on the job. The complaint, which was ultimately joined by several other former
Facebook moderators working in four states, alleged that Facebook had failed to
provide them with a safe workspace.
2018年9月，前臉書審核員席琳娜．斯科拉控告臉書，指稱她被賦予必須經常觀看強姦、謀殺與自殺的圖片與影像的職務後，罹患PTSD。斯科拉在任職9個月後出現PTSD症狀。最終還有數名在其他4個州工作的前臉書審核員也加入，控訴臉書未提供他們安全的工作環境。
新聞辭典
damages：名詞，賠償金。例句：The
driver has paid damages to the victim of the accident.（這名司機已經支付賠償金給車禍受害者。）
eligible：形容詞，有資格的。例句：The
company are eligible to receive subsidy.（這家公司有資格接受補助。）
ultimately：副詞，最終。例句：Mark
ultimately got the gold medal in the swimming competition.（馬克最終在游泳比賽中贏得金牌。）
死灰復燃的地平論
FLAT EARTH THEORY
【摘要2020.5.26.蘋果】
In elementary school, students learn that
the planet is round. Over the centuries, lots of scientific data have proven
this. However, a small portion of the population still doesn’t embrace this
idea.
They believe that the earth is flat like a
pancake. Belief in a flat earth was common in ancient times when people also
thought the earth never moved. As science progressed, people began exploring
and mapping the world’s oceans, and eventually these myths were proven false.
學生在上小學時會學到地球是圓的。幾世紀下來，許多科學證據也證明了這點。然而世界上仍有少部分人群不接納這樣的想法。
他們相信地球的形狀平坦如煎餅。地平說在古代是一件很普遍的想法，當時的人也認為地球永遠不動。隨著科學的進步，人們開始探索全球的海洋並為其繪製地圖，而最終這些迷思也被證明不實。
生活必備字詞
◎scientific
a. 科學的
◎portion n. 一部分
◎embrace vt. 接受（意見、想法等）；擁抱
◎progress vi. 進步；進展
◎myth n. 迷思，普遍卻錯誤的看法
◎portion n. 一部分
◎embrace vt. 接受（意見、想法等）；擁抱
◎progress vi. 進步；進展
◎myth n. 迷思，普遍卻錯誤的看法
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