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personaldataio.bsky.social
Join Jessica Pidoux and Kauna Malgwi at the 9th annual conference of the INDL-9 for their presentation titled "Auditing African Content Moderators' Working Conditions..."

📅 Friday, September 11
📌 Geneva
🔗 indl-9.sciencesconf.org/740880

@ilo.org #personaldata #digitallabour #moderators #AI #GDPR
September 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
cddmanchester.bsky.social
New paper: “Evaluating the Development Impact of Digital Platform Work through the Capability Approach”

journal.icter.org/index.php/IC...

#GigEconomy #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #DigitalDevelopment #CapabilityApproach #ICT4D
August 24, 2026 at 11:32 AM
digvijay-techwork.bsky.social
#PhD #FirstGenPhD #platformwork #platformeconomy #algorithmicmanagement #gigwork #workeragency #globalsouth
#digitallabour #workerrights
May 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
economyandspace.bsky.social
OnlineFirst - "Pressure and praise as an action research methodology: The case of Fairwork" by Mark Graham, Oğuz Alyanak, Alessio Bertolini, Patrick Feuerstein, Tobias Kuttler, Funda Ustek Spilda, and Jonas Valente:

#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
April 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
pollicy.bsky.social
Tech workers are bound by contracts they don’t fully understand, often written in complex legal terms.

Without clear, understandable, and accessible agreements, there’s no room for fairness or accountability.

Fair work starts with contract transparency.

#DigitalLabour #FairDigitalKazi
April 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
pollicy.bsky.social
To create a fair digital economy, we must design policies that address:

✔️Gender pay gaps
✔️Safety standards
✔️Access to childcare & benefits
✔️Algorithmic transparency

#DigitalLabour
April 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
stratheia.bsky.social
Gig workers may appear “independent,” but algorithmic management dictates every aspect of their work. Autonomy is an illusion—dependency is engineered.
#GigEconomy #AlgorithmicControl #DigitalLabour
stratheia.com/book-review-...
Book Review - How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism: The Making of the Digital Economy - Stratheia
Durand’s techno-feudalism thesis, revealing how digital platforms create dependence, extract rents, and reshape modern capitalism.
stratheia.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
fritzlabsx.bsky.social
"The Gig Public and the Hypermodern Condition" analyses how platforms and AI transform public discourse into fragmented, performative visibility economies shaped by algorithmic governance and techno-economy. #AI #Platforms #PublicSphere #DigitalLabour doi.org/10.31269/f31...
The Gig Public and the Hypermodern Condition: Platforms, Algorithmic Governance and the Transformation of Publicness. Reflections on Slavko Splichal’s Book “The Gig Public” | tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society
This article is a reflection on Slavko Splichal’s (2026) book The Gig Public: AI-Driven Contractual and Habits Performativisation of Publicness.
doi.org
May 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
clausgunti.bsky.social
Ce mercredi soir 18h, rejoignez-nous au vernissage à l'ECAL de notre projet de recherche "Automated Photography" #surveillance #photography #cgi #metaverse #computervision #digitallabour

ecal.ch/fr/5194/ecal/e…
December 6, 2024 at 10:10 AM
cddmanchester.bsky.social
Key papers of #ICT4D:

Digital labour platforms in Pakistan: institutional voids and solidarity networks: www.emerald.com/insi...

#DigitalLabour #DigitalPlatforms
Digital labour platforms in Pakistan: institutional voids and solidarity networks | Emerald Insight
Digital labour platforms in Pakistan: institutional voids and solidarity networks - Author: Fareesa Malik, Richard Heeks, Silvia Masiero, Brian Nicholson
www.emerald.com
June 11, 2024 at 11:27 AM
cddmanchester.bsky.social
Key open-access papers of #ICT4D:

Driving the digital value network: economic geographies of global platform capitalism: onlinelibrary.wiley....

#DigitalPlatforms #OpenAccess #DigitalLabour
May 30, 2024 at 11:22 AM
cddmanchester.bsky.social
Key open-access papers of #ICT4D:

Systematic evaluation of gig work against decent work standards: www.tandfonline.com/...

#DigitalLabour #GigWork #OpenAccess
May 21, 2024 at 11:16 AM
digitfyi.bsky.social
A new study posits that AI systems, capable of scaling, learning, and producing economic value, should be recognised as a distinct factor of production - “digital labour.”

Find out what it means here ⬇️
www.digit.fyi/ai-digital-l...
#tech #digitallabour #AILabour
AI is Rendering The Way We Measure Productivity Obsolete
AI, capable of scaling, learning, and producing economic value, should be recognised as a distinct factor of production, digital labour.
www.digit.fyi
May 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
the-14.com
How gig platforms like Fiverr are reshaping the video game development industry
#Fiverr #Business #GigEconomy #Labour #VideoGames #GigEconomy #GameDevelopment #Freelancing #Outsourcing #DigitalLabour #GameIndustry #IndieGames #TechTrends #GigWorkers
the-14.com/how-gig-plat...
the-14.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
oii.ox.ac.uk
📢 On May 20 at 2PM BST, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social will launch the Cloudwork Ratings 2025 — a new report assessing fairness across 16 digital labour platforms.
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
May 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
alexmiltsov.bsky.social
The postdoctoral researcher will join the Worker Experiences in the Age of Generative AI: A Study of Cognitive Labour in Canada project.

Deadline: 5:00 p.m. EST, August 5th

Please share!
working.ubishops.ca/job/postdoct...
#Postdoc #AIandWork #DigitalLabour #SSHRC #FRQ #GenerativeAI
Postdoctoral Researcher Position – Department of Sociology – Working at Bishop's
The postdoctoral researcher will develop a research program aligned with the objectives of the project. They will contribute to both qualitative and quantitative data collection, assist with data coding and analysis, and support knowledge mobilization activities.
working.ubishops.ca
July 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Indonesia Fairwork report launches 25 Sept!
We’ll dive into what platform workers are facing and what decent work should look like.
Save the date
#Indonesia #Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour
September 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Fairwork’s Tobias Kuttler joined cnbcafrica to unpack findings from our South Africa report—spotlighting fairness (or the lack of it) in the gig economy.

Watch here: www.cnbcafrica.com/media/gdPxmr...

#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #SouthAfrica
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Fairwork’s Mark Graham speaks to Globalnyt about the invisible labour powering today’s AI systems—and why tech firms must do better.
Read (in Danish): globalnyt.dk/professor-ka...

#AI #GigWork #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
August 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Have you read our US report?

Fairwork scored 11 major platforms on worker fairness. Not one passed the halfway mark.
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #US #WorkerRights
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Fairwork is featured in the UN’s latest report on AI and human rights!

Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.

Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
July 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Up to 435M people work on cloud platforms without basic labour protections.
This month, the ILO considers a global convention on platform work.
Fairwork’s new report shows why that matters.

Read the Cloudwork Ratings 2025:
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Cloudwork #DigitalLabour #ILO2024 #Fairwork
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
“I’d love a union.”
“They don’t care about us—just profit.”
“You just hope someone logs on and pays.”

We’re launching our new report on online sex work May 15, 2PM BST.
Join us: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #WorkerRights #DigitalLabour
May 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
We’ve just dropped the speaker list for our upcoming launch of Platform Sex Work.

These voices are pushing for justice in digital labour—don’t miss the conversation.

📅 15 May
🔗 Register here: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SexWorkIsWork #PlatformSexWork #FairWork #DigitalLabour
May 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Say hi to Shilpa
She’s joining the Fairwork team to support interviews, research, data, and project work. We’re so excited to have her with us!
#Fairwork #WelcomeShilpa #DigitalLabour
May 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM