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by manarth 3434 days ago

  "Often, the moderators are workers in developing countries, like the Philippines or India"
It looks like those two countries do have a legal minimum wage [1], although it's pretty low - $0.28 for India, $0.61 for the Phillipines. No idea whether those numbers reflect living wages for those countries though, or what a content moderator might actually earn.

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/a-look-at-minimum-wages-aroun...