On October 13, 2026, Cadena SER published an interview in which Roberto Castro, a lawyer for Inés Mendoza’s family, described a collective lawsuit involving hundreds of Meta moderators who worked in Barcelona. Earlier coverage from the broadcaster described the proceeding as already underway for more than a year. Cadena SER’s interview with Castro
What the Barcelona proceeding involves
Cadena SER reported on October 8 that 627 people had signed the claim, within a broader group of nearly 700; around 100 additional former moderators were in the process of joining. Those figures describe different groups or stages, rather than one final participant count. The same report said Mendoza’s family planned a separate action and identified CCC Digital Services as the operator of the Barcelona center; Telus later acquired CCC. Cadena SER’s October 8 report
In a separate October 8 report, Cadena SER said the collective proceeding had been underway for more than a year and had no trial date set at that time. Lawyer Jordi Vilella described the claim as seeking moral damages related to the content moderators reviewed and its consequences. Cadena SER’s report on the proceeding
The workload and support Castro described
Castro told Cadena SER that moderators worked seven to eight hours a day, reviewing an average of 500 videos or images per day, and received one hour of psychological support per week. The interview also attributed to Meta an estimate that 10% of reviewed material could be violent. At the reported daily average, that estimate corresponds to as many as 50 items.
The family’s separate planned action
Cadena SER reported that Mendoza’s family planned a separate legal action concerning alleged work-related harm. Mendoza worked at the Barcelona center from 2022 until February 2025 and died in Lyon on October 4, 2026.
