We Had to Remove This Post

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First edition (Dutch)

We Had to Remove This Post (original title in Dutch: Wat wij zagen, lit.'What we saw') is a 2021 novel by Dutch writer Hanna Bervoets [nl].[1][2][3][4][5]

The novel follows the story of Kayleigh, who has recently taken a job as a content moderator for social media platform Hexa after accruing a significant amount of debt. Kayleigh and her co-workers initially form tight bonds, however, as time passes and they are subjected to an ever-increasing amount of violent, conspiratorial, and offensive content while being closely surveilled and graded by the company, their relationships begin to break down.

Publishing history

The novel is the first of Bervoets' works to be published in English, translated by Emma Rault. 600,000 copies of the novel were printed during the first year of its distribution in the Netherlands.[6]

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