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Techno-Optimism is Back! This Time, as Corona Apps
Techno-solutionist approaches to Covid-19 can easily slide into opacity in the absence of accountability mechanisms. Alexandra Argüelles As the pandemic…
Precarity in Times of Pandemic
Covid-19 and the crisis in India’s informal labor markets Sohel Sarkar and Deepti Bharthur The appalling work conditions of platform…
Digital Splits and Risks in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Technological measures in the wake of Covid-19 has enabled heightened surveillance as well as community solidarity. François Soulard Digital communication…
Mind the App!
The Covid-19 crisis must not lead to a watering down of human rights and workers’ rights in favor of quick…
Contact-Tracing Apps: No Substitute for Public Healthcare Interventions
The global explosion of contact-tracing apps should not detract from developing public health responses and capabilities. Javier Ruiz While the…
Tech Solutions to Covid-19 Can’t Dispense with Fundamental Rights
Containing spread of Covid-19 requires exceptional measures, but these cannot come at the cost of fundamental rights. María Paz Canales…
Back to Where We’ve Always Been: Sex/Gender Segregation Amid Covid-19
Restricting movements of citizens on the basis of sex/gender reactivates the cultural norms on which the sexual division of labor…
Covid-19 Policies Leave Gig Workers Out in the Cold
How long are we willing to turn a blind eye to the vulnerabilities of workers who keep essential services running?…
The Valley and the Virus
The Covid-19 crisis has allowed Big Tech to move away from the regulatory din that has surrounded it for some…
Imagining a Feminist Future of Work in the Global South
With Aliya Hashmi Khan Automation, artificial intelligence, and platformization of the global economy is changing the very nature of work….
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An Alternate AI Framework – For People and the Planet
Whether AI will be a weapon of social injustice or an agent of positive change depends on the stories we…
Avoiding the Trap of the Singular Data Story
Why we need a justice-oriented approach to data that centres an analysis of power relations. Zara Rahman This article examines…
A New AI-Led World Order Needs to Rewrite the Rules of Data Capitalism
In the scramble for AI-led development, what would global algorithmic justice look like? Anita Gurumurthy We are currently witnessing deep…
Regulatory Chill: Tech Giants Lobby Negotiators at Secret Swiss Talks to Subvert Regulators
Global tech giants are lobbying Australian officials in secret talks in Geneva over a deal which could allow them to…
Between Big Data and Big Brother
With Anita Gurumuthy Why does the overwhelming control over data by governments and large corporations not bode well for democracy?…
The WeWork Saga: A Dot-Com Bubble Déjà Vu
What Silicon Valley’s IPO misfires have to say about the lawless regime of private finance. Ira Anjali Anwar There are…
Meal Kits: Micro-Commodification in a Box
Exploring the reorganization of the global food supply Dr. Katherine Reilly and Adjua Akinwumi There is no meal kit revolution…
The Explosion of China’s Food Delivery Industry
The platform-mediated food delivery industry shows no signs of slowing down but regulations are yet to catch up. Yujie (Julie)…
Governing the Digital World: Lessons From Last Year’s WTO Public Forum
By Richard Hill Data is a source of comparative advantage. Countries need to take control of data in order to…
In Flux: Examining the Evolving Role of the WTO in the Digital World
With Carolina Rossini There is increasing recognition that the ‘trade arena’ is the major space determining internet governance. We spoke…
Exceptions & Confusions- The Politics of Trade and National Security
This interview follows our earlier conversation with Amelia, ‘Negotiating Trade and Competition in the Digital World.’ With Amelia Andersdotter National…
Beyond Breaking up Big Tech- Public Alternatives to Facebook
This interview follows our earlier conversation with Tim, ‘Is Breaking up Big Tech Enough?’ With Timothy Karr …
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