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A Platform for Platform Workers

A Platform for Platform Workers

FromIn our Tech Society


A Platform for Platform Workers

FromIn our Tech Society

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What is it like for workers in the platform economy, and how does this differ across the world? In this episode, I am joined by Sarrah Kassem, Lecturer in Political Economy at Tuebingen University.
2.45: What is it like working for Amazon Mechanical Turk?
7.08: Remote work and outsourcing
9.50: How the platform economy organises workers
19.38: How workers reclaim their agency 
32:50: How workers rate the companies themselves
Released:
Aug 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (36)

From biotech to autonomous vehicles, the current rate of technological change is breath-taking. This speed is not, however, matched in broader conversations about their ethical, political, and legal implications, which lag far behind. In our Tech Society is a weekly podcast with experts on exactly those kinds of questions. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ethicstechpod Mastodon: https://bhre.social/@InOurTechSociety Image adapted from ThisisEngineering via Pexel