Teleperformance SE (OTC: TLPFY)
NEW YORK, NY – April 26, 2023 – Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP (“Wolf Haldenstein”) announces that a federal securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired the American Depositary Receipts (“ADR’s”) of Teleperformance SE (OTC: TLPFY) between July 29, 2020 and November 9, 2022, inclusive (the “Class Period”)
All investors who purchased shares and incurred losses are advised to contact the firm immediately at classmember@whafh.com or (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774.
If you have incurred losses, you may, no later than June 20, 2023, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class. Please contact Wolf Haldenstein to learn more about your rights.
Teleperformance is a subcontractor for various Fortune 500 companies, including TikTok, in the field of content moderation.
The filed complaint states that Teleperformance failed to disclose that:
- Teleperformance’s growth in Core Services and Digital Integrated Business Services, which included content moderation services, had been achieved, in part, by requiring its content moderators to engage in inappropriate, traumatic, abusive, and potentially criminal activities;
- certain Teleperformance social content moderators had been trained with materials which included illicit images of child sexual exploitation;
- contraband images had been included in Teleperformance Daily Required Reading reports for its content moderation staff;
- Teleperformance had failed to safeguard child sexual abuse material and had potentially violated strict rules governing the handling of such materials, including rules relating to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children;
- Teleperformance had failed to provide adequate training or emotional and psychological support to content moderators exposed to egregious materials, including those exposed to extreme graphic violence and sexual images;
- Teleperformance had imposed unreasonable time and performance targets that compounded the occupational trauma suffered by its content moderators; and
- Teleperformance had failed to implement or maintain the working conditions represented to investors, including by subjecting Teleperformance’s content moderation workers to widespread occupational trauma without psychological support, and with paltry pay, punitive salary deductions, extensive surveillance, and aggressive union-busting tactics.
On August 4, 2022, Forbes published an article entitled “TikTok Moderators Are Being Trained Using Graphic Images of Child Sexual Abuse,” revealing that Teleperformance had subjected its workers to unconscionable working conditions, including being “shown uncensored, sexually explicit images of children.”
On this news, the price of Teleperformance ADR’s fell by nearly 5%.
Then, on November 9, 2022, Time reported that “Colombia’s Ministry of Labor has launched an investigation into TikTok subcontractor Teleperformance, relating to alleged union-busting, traumatic working conditions and low pay.”
On this news, the price of Teleperformance ADR’s declined nearly 19%, further damaging investors.
Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions regarding your rights and interests in this case, please immediately contact Wolf Haldenstein by telephone at (800) 575-0735 or via e-mail at classmember@whafh.com.
Contact:
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
Patrick Donovan, Esq.
Gregory Stone, Director of Case and Financial Analysis
Email: gstone@whafh.com, donovan@whafh.com or classmember@whafh.com
Tel: (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774
Certification and Authorization Pursuant to Federal Securities Laws
Date of signing: 06/09/2023