Beauty and the Platform Economy
In the platform economy, women in the beauty service industry are falling through the cracks exposed by the pandemic. Khawla…
BIG TECH WATCH (BTW)
Big Tech Watch (BTW) aims to interrogate the increasing power of Big Tech companies over our democracies, societies, economies and more – basically all aspects of our everyday living. BTW works as a record keeper of sorts, aiming to make visible the linkages between algorithmically powered corporations, global justice, social equity and human rights.
BTW provides analysis about corporate excess – from anti-competitive practices, killer mergers and acquisitions, to back-doors in trade deals. It also covers relevant law and policy developments.
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions
What would constitute responsible use of AI in the African context? Victor Famubode This article focuses on the importance of…
Trump and CDA Section 230: The End of an Internet Exception?
The debate on liability of social media providers and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act Richard Hill The recent…
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…
A 3-Point Agenda for Platform Workers; as if the South Matters
Wresting power back from platform capitalism Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami In the Global South, which is home to 93…
Securing Data and Labor Rights in the Post-Covid Digital Era
Public sector workers and unions have an important part to play in shaping the digital society. With Daniel Bertossa Control…
How Public Sector Workers and Unions can Shape the Digital Economy
Asserting collective ownership rights over data is one of the most fundamental policy issues of our time. Parminder Jeet Singh…
‘Crowds as Code’ in the Global Data Value Chain
The hidden human labor behind the world’s most complex AI systems Kai-Hsin Hung Behind the complex AI systems of digital…
It’s a No-Win for Gig Workers in the Covid-19 Moment
Gig workers find themselves in a double bind as platforms respond to the crisis with piecemeal measures. With Srujana Katta…
Networked Desolation in Indonesia’s Platform Tourism Industry
Holding platform companies accountable is the need of the hour in the Covid-19 pandemic. Caitlin Bentley Over the last decade,…
