[nostrademons]

$30K/year is minimum wage in Sunnyvale and Mountain View, where Google headquarters is.

YouTube could probably outsource it internationally, but that'd just spark a new round of outrage: "Why are global community standards set by an American technology company outsourced to poor workers in the Philippines? Are these the people we want deciding our values?"

[taxidump]

This is probably not the thought process this issue would travel down. Costs are typically the first consideration in a semi-skilled position if native english sounding isn't a requirement.

[deanCommie]

Because you'd be able to get humans with higher intelligence and better judgement for 10k/year in the Philippeans, than at minimum wage in the US.

[mc32]

They already outsource their moderation to mostly the Philippines so there’d be no change.