This is the first ruling to state that \u201cstress at work is the sole, exclusive and indisputable trigger\u201d of the disorders suffered by a young man after he had to watch violent videos to prevent them from being published on social networks.<\/p>\n
Specifically, the young man worked between 2018 and 2020 for a Meta subcontractor, in a so-called \u201chigh priority\u201d section, where he had to examine on several occasions \u201ccontent related to terrorism and suicides, self-mutilation, beheadings of civilians by terrorist groups, torture\u201d.<\/p>\n
The worker, who was on sick leave, and the National Social Security Institute argued that the cause was work-related, which the company denied. However, the Barcelona social court ruling states that this type of work generates a \u201cpsychosocial risk\u201d, as it involves exposure to \u201cviolence, delinquency, abuse and illegal content\u201d, a source of stress, damage and post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n
A journalistic investigation by La Vanguardia revealed that up to 25% of the 2,000 workers are on sick leave, most of them due to mental health problems. The Labour Inspectorate opened an investigation in 2021 and fined the company over \u20ac40,000 the following year for failing to assess and prevent psychosocial risks in the workplace.<\/p>\n