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) 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.
In the platform economy, women in the beauty service industry are falling through the cracks exposed by the pandemic. Khawla…
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Wresting power back from platform capitalism Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami In the Global South, which is home to 93…
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Asserting collective ownership rights over data is one of the most fundamental policy issues of our time. Parminder Jeet Singh…
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Gig workers find themselves in a double bind as platforms respond to the crisis with piecemeal measures. With Srujana Katta…
Holding platform companies accountable is the need of the hour in the Covid-19 pandemic. Caitlin Bentley Over the last decade,…