Shedding light on the novel kinds of economic domination being engendered in algorithmically mediated labor.

Examining the benefits and challenges of platform-enabled data work in Venezuela.

Hidden behind the magic of algorithms, automation, and artificial intelligence, a new digital Taylorism is emerging

The DataSyn team chronicles the stories of activists, workers, and even nation-states’ resistance to, and resilience against Big Tech.

Exploring the experiences of women platform workers in Kenya.

In the platform economy, women in the beauty service industry are falling through the cracks exposed by the pandemic.

Covid-19 and the crisis in India’s informal labor markets.

Micro work sounds appealing in practice. However, access to these online platforms can be quite complex. The flexibility on digital labor platforms is, thus, quite illusory.