Facebook content moderators paid to work from home

Facebook will pay its third-party US content moderators to work from home.

On a call with reporters, Facebook's chief Mark Zuckerberg said the contract workers would still get their full salaries even if they were unable to do all their normal tasks.

The company will also increase use of artificial intelligence to moderate content during the coronavirus crisis.

Mr Zuckerberg said its work-from-home policy would last until the "public health response has been sufficient".

But one workers' rights group said Facebook's move did not go far enough.

"It's great that they are letting them work from home, but it seems like the bare minimum Facebook could do," said Joe Rivano Barros a campaign manager with the Workers Agency.

He noted the contract workers are not getting bonus payments, unlike those directly employed by the tech firm.