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…
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.
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,…
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…
