An investigation into Papa, a TaskRabbit-like service for seniors that has raised $240M, finds dozens of allegations of harassment, assault, theft, and more
If you've been to an annual open enrollment fair in the past few years, you may have noticed a new eldercare benefit with the unusual name of Papa. Tweets: @priyasideas , @vandermey , @bradstone , @bi...
Some Indian gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating their lives and work, are using Telegram to share cheap hacks for gaming the platforms to their advantage
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A look at Jakarta's “base camps”, informal meeting points that let Gojek drivers organize for better working conditions, including health insurance and sick pay
MIT Technology Review : Tweets: @_karenhao , @techreview , @zuckerbergmeta , @mario_gug , and @pulitzercenter Tweets: @_karenhao : In part three of @techreview's AI Colonialism series, we head to Ind...
A report finds over 50 US gig workers were murdered while working since 2017; the families say Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and others offer little support
As China's delivery startups use algorithms to force drivers to work faster, couriers are gaming the system and forming unofficial unions on WeChat and Douyin
Masha Borak / Wired : Tweets: @wiredscience and @wired Tweets: @wiredscience : Food delivery drivers are using platforms' data-powered systems, mass WeChat groups, and unofficial unions to fight unfa...
As Western tech companies react to sanctions on Russia, Twitch streamers, Upwork gig workers, OnlyFans creators, and contract developers lose their livelihoods
When Arina, a 22-year-old illustrator in Russia, first started using the freelance work platform Upwork last year, it changed her life.
Premise, which uses gig workers to crowdsource intelligence, denies working for Russia and says its clients in Ukraine include the US and a European government
Premise, which uses gig workers to crowdsource intel for clients, denies working for Russia and says it is working for the US and a European country in Ukraine
For nearly a decade, Premise, a San Francisco-based crowdsourcing firm, has helped corporations and government agencies hire gig workers …
A look at how centralized social media platforms have made the creator economy corrosive for online workers and what can be done to remedy the issue
The creator economy is becoming the gig economy—but there's still time to turn things around — Nearly two years ago, I published … Tweets: @carnage4life , @zoescaman , @p_millerd , @mattschaar , @cn...
Uber says driver price-naming and destination previewing policies it introduced last year in California have hurt its business, and is considering ending both
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