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The cleaners /

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Enter a hidden third world shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn't like. Here we meet five "digital scavengers" among thousands of people outsourced from Silicon Valley whose job is to delete "inappropriate" content of the net....

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Other Authors: Gore, Illma (participant.)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Filipino
Language Notes:In English and Filipino, with English subtitles.
Published: [Sausalito, Calif.] : [Ro*Co Films Educational], [2018]
Subjects:
Internet > Social aspects.
Internet > Political aspects.
Internet > Safety measures.
Information technology.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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Summary:Enter a hidden third world shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn't like. Here we meet five "digital scavengers" among thousands of people outsourced from Silicon Valley whose job is to delete "inappropriate" content of the net. In a parallel struggle, we meet people around the globe whose lives are dramatically affected by online censorship. A typical "cleaner" must observe and rate thousands of often deeply disturbing images and videos every day, leading to lasting psychological impacts. Yet underneath their work lie profound questions around what makes an image art or propaganda and what defines journalism. Where exactly is the point of balance for social media to be neither an unlegislated space nor a forum rife with censorship? THE CLEANERS struggles to come to terms with this new and disconcerting paradigm. Evolving from a shared social vision of a global village to a web of fake news and radicalization, the film charts the rise and fall of social media's utopian ideology.
Item Description:This disc is a burned DVD-R and may not play in some DVD players or drives.
Originally produced as a documentary in 2018.
Distributor on container: Film Platform.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (95 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Max Preiss, Axel Schneppat ; editing, Philipp Gromov, Markus Schmidt, Hansjörg Weissbrich ; music, John Gürtler, Jan Miserre.