The Algorithm’s Ghost Workers and the Illusion of Opportunity
The testimony of a data worker
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The Data Workers’ Inquiry
Lessons learned from the core team
- Big Tech Watch
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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
Trumpism and Techno-Politics at the Periphery
Regulation is now simply perceived as a hindrance to America’s race for dominance and will be met with open hostility and economic reprisals.
- The Policy Table
- Article
The Golden Age of AI: Power, Politics, and Trade
What does Trump’s “America First” policy means for tech regulation going forward, especially in the wake of the 2025 AI Action Summit in Paris?
- Big Tech Watch
- Article
Fourth Agricultural Revolution: Who Bears The Costs, Who Gains The Benefits?
In this article, Pat Mooney explores the complex trade-offs of the Fourth Agricultural Revolution.
- The Policy Table
- Article
The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Gig Worker
A Social Reproduction Perspective on Value Generation in the Platform Economy
- Big Tech Watch
- Article