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

In George Orwell’s 1984, the state used its absolute power to disrupt human connections, even to eliminate love. Are we now living in a real-world version of 1984 where Big Brother is Big Tech? What does this mean for the world of work and is resistance still possible?

Exploring workers’ struggle to reclaim the means of self-determination, resisting the steady march of dominant platforms.

Unpacking the overtures of the Chinese state against its home grown Big Tech companies.

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

Platforms exert high levels of control over delivery workers. It’s time they took responsibility for workers’ wellbeing.

A feminist analysis of the working conditions of platform delivery workers.

Gig workers find themselves in a double bind as platforms respond to the crisis with piecemeal measures.

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