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Tag: Algorithms of Exploitation

Gig Workers Face Growing Algorithmic Control, Human Rights Watch Says

A new Human Rights Watch report finds that platform companies use opaque algorithms to set pay, assign work, and deactivate workers across taxi, delivery, domestic, and online labour platforms. Illustration: AI FrontPage

A new Human Rights Watch report finds that platform companies use opaque algorithms to set pay, assign tasks, and deactivate workers – shifting the cost and risk of work onto an estimated 435 million people globally, including 12 million in India.