“Purging Facebook filth ‘gave me PTSD.” By Danny Fortson, The Times, September 1st, 2019 Read more at The Times UK …
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MIT Technology Review | Venezuelans are making money training AI for self-driving cars
"Desperate Venezuelans are making money by training AI for self-driving cars," by Angela Chen, MIT Technology Reviews, August 22, 2019 Read more at MIT …
MIT Technology Review | Democrats tell Google to make contractors permanent employees
“Democrats have told Google to make its contractors permanent employees,” by Angela Chen, Tech Policy, August 5, 2019 Read more at MIT Technology Review Tech …
Union City Radio Your Rights At Work | Mary L. Gray in conversation with Chris Garlock and Mark Gruenberg
“DC’s call-in show about worker rights: those you have, those you don’t, how to get them and how to use them.” Hosted by Chris Garlock, with Mark Gruenberg, …
Society for Humane Resource Management | Companies Driven to Offer Gig Workers Benefits
“Postmates, Other Companies Driven to Offer Gig Worker Benefits.” By Steven Miller, SHRM, August 15th, 2019 Read More at Society for Human Resource …
MIT Journal of Design and Science | On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Bot
“On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Bot: Pseudoanonymous Influence Operations and Networked Social Movements.” By Brian Friedberg and Joan Donovan, MIT …
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Inequality.org | The ‘Ghost Work’ That Keeps Social Media Clean
“The ‘Ghost Work’ That Keeps Social Media Clean.” By Bama Athreya, Inequality.org, August 5th, 2019 Read more at Inequality.org …
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New York Post | The Secret ‘Ghost Workers’ Keeping the Internet Safe
Eric Spitznagel reports on Ghost Work and the individuals working "behind the curtain" to train AI platforms for large tech companies in the New York Post, May …
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Ghost Work Featured in GeekWire, May 14 2019
GeekWire Science Columnist Molly Brown sits down with the authors to explore the ups and (mostly) downs of the hidden gig economy Read the full article …
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Spike in Online Gig Work: Flash in the Pan or Future of Employment?
Siddharth Suri and Mary L. Gray Most conventional jobs involve hierarchy. A boss divvies up work to the office’s full-time employees awaiting direction and a …
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