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More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD

More than 140 Facebook content moderators have been diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder caused by exposure to graphic social media content including murders, suicides, child sexual abuse and terrorism. The moderators …

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México aprobó reforma a la Ley Federal del Trabajo en materia de plataformas digitales

En un paso histórico hacia la modernización de los derechos laborales, México ha aprobado una reforma a la Ley Federal del Trabajo que regula el trabajo en plataformas digitales. Esta …

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7 claves de la reforma laboral de plataformas digitales aprobada por los diputados

La reforma laboral que regula el trabajo en plataformas digitales como Uber, Didi y Rappi continúa su avance legislativo luego de su aprobación por unanimidad en la Cámara de Diputados. El proyecto busca incorporar …

Uber’s Gig Workers Now Include Coders for Hire on AI Projects

Uber Technologies Inc.’s gig-economy workforce now includes programmers. The company is expanding beyond its rideshare roots to enter a hot new market: helping other businesses outsource some of their artificial …

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India’s female gig workers facing harassment and unsafe conditions, seek change and justice

Thousands of female gig workers in India encounter unsafe working conditions, including sexual harassment, low wages, erratic hours, and a lack of access to basic amenities such as toilets. With weak enforcement of …

Privacy guarantor sanctions Glovo 5 million Euros: algorithm violates riders’ rights (original in Italian)

Nuova sanzione per Glovo da parte del Garante italiano per la protezione dei dati personali. La decisione – che Today.it è in grado di anticipare – riguarderebbe ancora una volta l’algoritmo utilizzato …

Italy watchdog fines Foodinho 5 million euros for rider data breaches

Italy’s data protection authority on Friday fined Delivery Hero-owned Foodinho 5 million euros ($5.20 million) for unlawfully processing the personal data of more than 35,000 riders registered on its digital …

FTC Takes Action to Stop Lyft from Deceiving Drivers with Misleading Earnings Claims

The FTC is taking action against rideshare operator Lyft for making deceptive earnings claims about how much money drivers could expect to make per hour and how much they could earn …

Press Release: CFPB Takes Action to Curb Unchecked Worker Surveillance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to protect workers from unchecked digital tracking and opaque decision-making systems. The guidance warns that companies using third-party consumer reports — including …

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Oxfam Files Formal UN Complaint Against Amazon, Walmart’s ‘Systematic Human Rights Violations

Oxfam, which aims to fight inequality and poverty globally, announced Thursday it had submitted a formal complaint against both companies to the United Nations’ Working Group on Business & Human Rights, …

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