The Death of a Content Moderator in China Sparked a Flurry of Public Anger and Sympathy

The surging popularity of online content sharing platforms and stricter government scrutiny over the past years have led to companies swiftly expanding their content moderation teams. Firms like bite dance, parre d company of the chinese version of tiktok called doyin, reportedly has over 20 thousand content moderators. At billy billy, the platform that rose from a niche animaan gaming community to a main stream video sharing site with 267 million monthly active users, content moderators accounted for 28 % of its total staff by the end of 20 20.