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The Cleaners

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The hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the internet rids itself of what it doesn't like, such as violence, pornography and some political content.

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Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald Are we seeing a genocide in Burma as an externality of an algorithm written by nerds in California? That's one of many disturbing questions raised in this documentary. Feb 22, 2019 Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times The chilling, morally hyper-conscious film "The Cleaners"... introduces us to a handful of these hidden, meagerly paid office workers, cogs in a shadow business headquartered mainly in Manila in unassuming buildings. Nov 20, 2018 Full Review David Stratton The Australian Though The Cleaners, which is filmed in an ominous, noirish style, suffers from some unnecessary padding, it's a revealing and timely documentary. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 19, 2018 Full Review Victor Stiff Goomba Stomp Even if you're not usually rattled by violence, expect the movie's images to shock you out of your apathy Mar 30, 2020 Full Review Richard Trenholm CNET If you're on the internet, you need to see The Cleaners. Apr 16, 2019 Full Review Musanna Ahmed Film Inquiry The moral and political debates around digital cleaning from a unique empirical perspective are what make the brilliantly assembled The Cleaners so compelling. Mar 20, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Raises some good issues about Facebooks moderators. Interesting, but not mentioned, was that most of this is outsourced to Manila, where a large percent of the population is Catholic, which may effect their views when moderating. The whole point of human moderation seems subsumed by making moderators adhere unerringly to FB policy-- delete the political cartoons with nudity, even though as far as free speech goes, they would be legally allowed under US law. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the internet rids itself of what it doesn't like, such as violence, pornography and some political content.
Director
Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck
Producer
Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Screenwriter
Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck, Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Production Co
I Wonder Pictures, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) [de], Motto Pictures, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, VPRO Television
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 28m