Given the rise of technofeudal capitalism, what is at stake is public value creation and distribution: how we claim public value, how we compute its creation and flows, and how we prevent its private capture.
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Digital Justice, Neoliberalism and the World of Perma- and Poly-crisis
On Humans In The Loop
A filmmaker’s view on telling the story of AI from the margins
- Big Tech Watch
- Article
Social Media is Someone’s Office
Drawing attention to content creation as labor
- Big Tech Watch
- Article
Dirty Laundry: My Journey Through the Algorithm from Soweto to Nairobi’s Tech Hub
A former Meta content moderator opens up about working in the Global South “digital sweatshops” that keep Big Tech running.
- Big Tech Watch
- Article
The Algorithm’s Ghost Workers and the Illusion of Opportunity
The testimony of a data worker
- Big Tech Watch
- Article
The Data Workers’ Inquiry
Lessons learned from the core team
- Big Tech Watch
- Article
The Work of Music in the Age of Platformization
The massive power imbalance between musicians and the music streaming industry is hurting the creators and consumers.
- Big Tech Watch
- Article
Navigating Digital Sovereignty in the Era of Great Power Rivalry
In search of sovereign digital foundations for the Global South
- The Policy Table
- Article
Moving Towards Local and People-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Moving artificial intelligence beyond Big Tech geopolitics.
- Big Tech Watch
- Article
Platform Capitalism in Emergency Healthcare
BlinkIt’s 10 minute ambulances and the fetishization of efficiency.
- Big Tech Watch
- Article