The Platform Question: Power, Accountability and Global South To quote Sonia Reverter: “We feminists have learned that the struggle to destabilize the patriarchal system requires large, but also small proposals; collective projects, but also personal ones. Because patriarchy is a system that organizes and acts on both the macro and micro levels, we must respond with feminist actions on all fronts. The reorganization of the symbolic is perhaps the heaviest of the tasks to be carried out, because the burden of the symbolic is massive for the human constitution, both individually and collectively.” (Reverter, 2013, p.458) Adopting a feminist stance in the face of the crisis of content moderation on platforms involves analyzing the issue in a situated way, recognizing the impact that large platforms have on people’s lives, and how precariousness, inequality, and class intersect with outsourcing, to outsource opaque work for which we must demand the highest ethical standards of operation. To do this, we need open data, comprehensive reports, and external audits carried out by civil society organizations, international human rights organizations, and academia, which study the variables involved in content moderation in an intersectional manner, as well as its implications for the lives of its workers. It is not possible for technological advances to serve only to increase capital, while preying not only on the earth, but also on the bodies of those who face the worst of Endnotes: It is not possible for technological advances to serve only to increase capital, while preying not only on the earth, but also on the bodies of those who face the worst of the internet. 38 [1] In 2018, the company operated under the name Facebook, Inc. The name change to Meta Platforms, Inc. took place in October 2021 as a way to expand the brand into the metaverse, including the WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus platforms, among others. The Platform Question: Power, Accountability and Global South [4] Chile and gender-based violence on the internet, experiences of cis and trans women in digital spaces https://amarantas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/informe-proyecto-aurora.pdf [5] Ananías, C. Vergara, K. et al (2023). Digital gender-based violence in Chile: a study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sexuality, Health, and Society, (39). https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-6487.sess.2023.39.e22306.a.es [6] Newton, C. (June 19, 2019). Bodies in seats. The Verge. https://www.theverge. com/2019/6/19/18681845/facebook-moderator-interviews-video-trauma-ptsd-cognizant-tampa [7] Dalfó, L. P. (May 6, 2025). The lawyer for Meta’s content moderators: “They have anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and some are in psychiatric hospitals.” Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L. https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2025-05-06/ el-abogado-de-los-moderadores-de-contenidos-de-meta-tienen-ansiedad-estres-postraumatico-y-alguno-esta-ingresado-en-un-psiquiatrico.html [8] Farah, H. (2023, December 21). Diary of a TikTok moderator: ‘We are the people who sweep up the mess’. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/ technology/2023/dec/21/diary-of-a-tiktok-moderator-we-are-the-people-whosweep-up-the-mess [9] ‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/02/ai-chatbot-training-human-toll-content-moderator-meta-openai [10] Paul, K. (2024, August 15). Meta struggles with moderation in Hebrew, according to ex-employee and internal documents. The Guardian. https://www. theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/15/meta-content-moderation-hebrew [11] Derechos Digitales. (2024). Helplines to address cases of gender-based violence in digital environments: Monitoring and trends in Bolivia, Brazil, and Ecuador. https://www.derechosdigitales.org/wp-content/uploads/LineasAyuda-ESP.pdf [2] Interview conducted in 2018 with Melissa Gutiérrez, OCAC communications director, for the report “Lazos activistas en red, el ciberfeminismo chileno” (Activist Network Ties, Chilean Cyberfeminism), authored by me. [3] Falcó, O. (September 13, 2025). Eva Cruells: “Digital gender-based violence is normalized as if it were bar talk, but it can have an impact as serious as physical assault.” Diario Público. https://www.publico.es/mujer/violencia-machista/violencias-machistas-digitales-normalizan-conversacion-bar-pero-pueden-tener-impacto-grave-agresion-fisica.html A Big Tech Accountability in Content Moderation with Feminist Perspective A Big Tech Accountability in Content Moderation with Feminist Perspective 39