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Community Outreach & Engagement
@techequity.bsky.social
"More than 150 tech workers so far have signed a petition asking for their company CEOs to call the White House, demand that ICE leave US cities, and speak out publicly against the agencyâs recent violence."
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Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
https://www.wired.com/story/backlash-against-ice-policing-tactics-grows-in-silicon-valley/
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"These communities recognized that Flockâs surveillance risks are difficult to adequately mitigate through policy alone, and chose instead to invest in public safety approaches that donât require mass surveillance infrastructure.â đđ˝đđ˝
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Santa Cruz the First in California to Terminate Its Contract With Flock Safety | KQED
Santa Cruz City Council voted to terminate its contract with Flock Safety, the license plate reader company that has come under scrutiny for its data collection and sharing practices.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12069705/santa-cruz-the-first-in-california-to-terminate-its-contract-with-flock-safety
6 days ago
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"Which means that this is the first time in ed-tech history that schools will have to pay more for more accurate information. And that really hurts schools without a lot of resources."
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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5674741/ai-schools-education
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NYSNA
9 days ago
Our strike begins today! Show your support for nurses fighting for safe staffing, healthcare benefits and a fair contract!
#NYCNurseStrike
#SafeStaffingSavesLives
#PatientsOverProfits
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Hypervisible
13 days ago
ââCompanies are going to try to make sure that they charge us the maximum amount possible that weâre willing to tolerate every single time we go to the cash register,â said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at Boston University.â
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At grocery stores, shopping with a side of biometric surveillance
Retailers want to know if youâll pay more than the next person for the same goods and services. And theyâll use data on everything from your eye movements to your walk to find out.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/01/08/how-grocery-stores-use-surveillance-to-track-shoppers
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"The company expects to invest tens of billions of dollars on data centers, the computing facilities that power A.I. development, and it has handed out lavish pay packages to hire top A.I. researchers."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/t...
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Meta Plans to Cut Around 10% of Employees in Reality Labs Business
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/technology/meta-layoffs-reality-labs.html
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"If we believe and behave as though A.I. dominance is a foregone conclusion, we risk making it so. Instead, we should support the creative workers who are fighting for a different outcome â and have already landed a few punches."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
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Opinion | Will Creative Work Survive A.I.?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/artists-creative-work-ai.html
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TechEquity
about 1 month ago
Poll after poll shows that Americans want the government to act to ensure that AI benefits people rather than destroying jobs, harming children, or making everyday necessities more expensiveâall to make billionaires wealthier.
techequity.us/2025/10/07/h...
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How people really feel about AIâfrom sea to shining sea - TechEquity Collaborative
Americans are deeply concerned about the lack of guardrails on AI and they want government to do something about it.
https://techequity.us/2025/10/07/how-people-really-feel-about-ai-from-sea-to-shining-sea/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=US-Feel-About-AI
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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC)
about 1 month ago
How we won AI protections in our contract Workers with Ziff Davis Creators Guild won pro-worker language in their latest collective bargaining agreement. Here's how and what they won.
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How we won AI protections in our contract
Workers with Ziff Davis Creators Guild won pro-worker language in their latest collective bargaining agreement. Here's how and what they won.
https://workerorganizing.org/how-we-won-ai-protections-in-our-contract-15535/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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CODE-CWA
about 1 month ago
On December 10th 1993, workers at id Software published Doom. 32 years later, workers at id Software have formed a union to protect the franchise and games they love.
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Video Game Developers in Texas Vote to Form Latest Wall-to-Wall Union with CWA
A strong majority of video game workers at Microsoft subsidiary id Software voted in favor of union representation with the CWA,
https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/video-game-developers-texas-vote-form-latest-wall-wall-union-cwa
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AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companion-chatbots-kenya
about 1 month ago
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TechEquity
about 2 months ago
This feels like an increasingly common story in tech, especially for contractors working on AI for Big Tech. Are you one of these contractors? Do you have a story you want to share? changes are needed, our Senior Manager of Community Outreach and Engagement,
@german-c.bsky.social
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TechEquity
about 2 months ago
Just after becoming billionaires, the cofounders of Mercor slashed the contract positions of the people who helped them achieve that monumental feat. Only to allegedly try to hire them back for less money.
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
@forbes.com
@iainmartin.bsky.social
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Mercor Contractors Allege The AI Company Slashed Their Wages
Mercor allegedly canned an AI training project with thousands of contractors just weeks after hitting a $10 billion valuation.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/11/12/the-worlds-youngest-self-made-billionaires-just-slashed-these-workers-wages-by-a-third/
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TechEquity
2 months ago
AI is changing the labor landscape. What can we do about it? 80% of U.S tech leaders cited upskilling as the best way to improve employeesâ gaps in important tech skills. But previous cycles of labor disruption have shown that focusing on reskilling has been far from a sufficient solution.
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"Why would Oakland choose to spend $2.25 million building the very surveillance infrastructure that will be weaponized against our immigrant neighbors?â
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"But the office has warned that the actual value of AI remains unclear and the optimism is probably at least somewhat overblown."
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2 months ago
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"Over half (53 percent) of respondents say they feel somewhat or significantly undercompensated at their job... Notably, the number jumps to 69 percent for contractors, consultants, and people working part-time."
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/hal...
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Half of U.S. game workers want to join a union
According to the 2025 Game Industry Salary Report, 64 percent of developers support unions and 56 percent want to join one.
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/half-of-us-game-workers-want-to-join-an-union-survey-says
2 months ago
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"The lawsuit adds that the only way to opt out of this data collection is not to drive at all."
www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Civil liberties groups sue San Jose over warrantless access to license plate reader data
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, CAIR and SIREN have joined forces in an attempt to put a check on surveillance searches in San Jose that are utilized by local police and outside agencies.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/18/civil-liberties-groups-sue-san-jose-over-warrantless-access-to-license-plate-reader-data/
2 months ago
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Data & Society
2 months ago
đ¨The final event in our popular series with the NYPL is happening on Thursday, w an incredible panel of experts discussing the value of human labor in the face of increasing automation. Reserve your in-person spot (they're going quickly) or RSVP to join us online!
www.showclix.com/event/unders...
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"They are coming back to work for a president who has shown little concern about their financial strains."
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2 months ago
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Starbucks Workers United
2 months ago
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say
#NoContractNoCoffee
with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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San Francisco Chronicle
2 months ago
In another sign of turbulence for the tech industry, Silicon Valley chip design giant Synopsys plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce after its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys.
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Silicon Valley tech giant cutting up to 2,800 jobs after $35B merger
In another sign of turbulence for the tech industry, Silicon Valley chip design giant Synopsys plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce after its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys.
https://bit.ly/4nXHZ3b
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TechEquity
2 months ago
Californians want AI regulation. This was the big takeaway of our 2025 AI Compass report detailing how Californians really feel about AI. An overwhelming majority specifically favors policies that protect privacy (81%), enforce civil rights (73%), and enact non-discrimination rules (73%).
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Californians, TODAY IS ELECTION DAY!! đťđłď¸ Make sure you go to the polls or drop off your ballot, if you havenât yet! Find your nearest polling place or a ballot drop box here:
www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
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Find Your Polling Place :: California Secretary of State
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place
3 months ago
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Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA)
3 months ago
TLDR: tech workers, get organized! The Alphabet Workers Union has issued a statement in response to Amazonâs announcement that it will lay off 14,000 corporate workers: âNow is the time for us to stand together collectively, so we have power and a real voice in our industry.â
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Game Developer
3 months ago
Update: Amazon cutting corporate roles across key departments including video games The conglomerate confirmed 14,000 roles are being eliminated in a memo sent to employees, in which SVP of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, took time to praise the impact of AI technology
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Amazon cutting thousands of corporate roles
Sources claim the layoffs could be announced this week and impact up to 30,000 people.
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-amazon-cutting-corporate-roles-across-key-departments-including-video-games
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"There are concerns automation could affect people of color particularly hard because Amazonâs warehouse workers are about three times as likely as a typical American worker to be Black."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
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Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/inside-amazons-plans-to-replace-workers-with-robots.html
3 months ago
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The New York Times
3 months ago
Breaking News: OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has adopted a for-profit structure, allowing it to operate like a more traditional company while it raises the billions of dollars it needs to develop artificial intelligence.
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OpenAI Restructures as For-Profit Company
The artificial intelligence company said that the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.
https://nyti.ms/43IfNdp
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Amazon Employees for Climate Justice
4 months ago
1/ Itâs time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
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Open Letter â AECJ
https://www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?ms=twt
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TechEquity
3 months ago
Building worker power in the tech industry is key! At
#CircuitBreakers
@techworkerscoalition.org
, workers, organizers, and activists in the tech industryâincluding some of TechEquity's staffâcame together to 'learn, build community, strategize, and recognize collective power.'
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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute
3 months ago
đ¨NEWđ¨ from DAIR: Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor, intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility. Read the full report here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
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TechEquity
3 months ago
TONIGHT: Catch Founder/CEO of TechEquity and author of âWorld Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economyâ
@catherinebracy.com
on
@thedailyshow.com
. Sheâll be talking to
@michaelkosta.bsky.social
about the state of the modern tech economy and how we can build a more equitable future.
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Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA)
3 months ago
đŁď¸The Future Of The Tech Industry Is Unionized! âThe way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasnât clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity & mistrust,â said AWU Prez Parul Koul
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The future of white-collar work may be unionized
Law firms, banks and tech companies are seeing an uptick in employees choosing to join unions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/08/employees-white-collar-unions/
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PowerSwitch Action âĄď¸
4 months ago
Corporations call it "privacy-preserving," but this new AI tech isn't all that it seems. Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age:
datasociety.net/library/the-...
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Big shoutout to everyone at
@techequity.bsky.social
,
@alphabetworkersunion.org
, and
@cwaunion.bsky.social
! This new report highlights the conditions faced by U.S.-based data workers and content moderators who make AI possible.
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
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4 months ago
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The Guardian
4 months ago
Microsoft blocks Israelâs use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
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Microsoft blocks Israelâs use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unitâs access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project * Middle East crisis â live updates Microsoft has terminated the Israeli militaryâs access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal. Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the militaryâs elite spy agency, had violated the companyâs terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform, sources familiar with the situation said. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-surveillance-of-palestinians?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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đ¨ Happening this Monday, Sept. 29th! đ¨
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"You have to have thick skin to work here, and even then it doesn't feel good," a former worker said. They said they quit this year over concerns about the amount of CSAM they encountered."
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Behind Grok's 'sexy' settings, workers review explicit and disturbing content
Workers say they've faced sexually explicit content while xAI has marketed Grok to be deliberately provocative. Experts say the company should be cautious.
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-grok-explicit-content-data-annotation-2025-9?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=business-automated
4 months ago
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UC Berkeley Labor Center
4 months ago
Unions are articulating a vision for how AI & other digital technologies should be developed and used in the workplace. We analyzed 17 of these documents by 15 organizations and identified key values being put forward.
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A First Look at Laborâs AI Values: An analysis of recent statements about technology by unions and other worker organizations
A first look at laborâs vision of what the future of AI and digital technologies should look like.
https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look-at-labors-ai-values/
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TechEquity
4 months ago
Join the TechEqui-Team as our new VP of Communications! Youâll be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive communication strategies to support engagement and outreach with our key audiences. Youâll also be supervising the person who wrote this đ
techequity.us/our-team/vic...
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Vice President of Communications - TechEquity Collaborative
We're looking for someone 10-15 years of experience in comms, marketing, and/or public relations/affairs in a nonprofit/advocacy to join our team!
https://techequity.us/our-team/vice-president-of-communications/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=VP-Comms
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âI just want people to know that AI is being sold as this tech magic â thatâs why thereâs a little sparkle symbol next to an AI response,â said Sawyer. âBut itâs not. Itâs built on the backs of overworked, underpaid human beings.â
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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How thousands of âoverworked, underpaidâ humans train Googleâs AI to seem smart
Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/11/google-gemini-ai-training-humans
4 months ago
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"Lawmakers and former agency employees worry it foreshadows a less human Social Security, in which rushed-out AI takes the place of pushed-out, experienced employees."
www.sfchronicle.com/personal-fin...
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Social Securityâs rushed rollout of glitchy AI phone bot leaves callers without help
The Trump administration rushed the rollout of a new AI-powered phone bot to handle a large volume of Social Security calls, resulting in glitches that leave millions struggling to get help.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/personal-finance/article/social-security-ai-chatbot-21029027.php
4 months ago
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TechEquity
5 months ago
NEW RESEARCH ALERT đ¨ While some are focused on the long-term, sci-fi-like risks of AI, Californians are most concerned about the impacts they are already seeing, like deepfakes and job displacement. And they want their legislators to do something about it. Learn more:
techequity.us/2025/08/19/h...
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How Californians Feel About AI - Findings From the 2025 AI Compass - TechEquity Collaborative
We surveyed over a thousand Californians about AI to find out if organizations and legislators have it right or are missing the mark.
https://techequity.us/2025/08/19/how-californians-feel-about-ai/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=CA-Feel-About-AI
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"A.I. will eventually replace entire swaths of human employees, many predict, a perspective that is being widely embraced and echoed in the corporate mainstream."
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5 months ago
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"At the same time, companies inundated with applicants are using A.I. systems to automatically scan rĂŠsumĂŠs and reject candidates."
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"Unions view codifying portable benefits largely as a way to keep misclassifying workers and therefore cut them off from core workplace protections, including the right to unionize."
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A decade-long fight over worker power may be coming to an end
Republicans want to give Uber workers benefits. Thereâs a catch.
https://www.vox.com/policy/421899/gig-economy-uber-lyft-independent-contractor-gig-unions-freelance
6 months ago
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TechEquity
6 months ago
In fact, 78% of employers surveil their remote workforce, and over one-third of employers specifically do so through a live video feed. Why? Well, itâs all part of the surveillance economy.
techequity.us/2025/08/05/s...
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How companies make money tracking you - TechEquity Collaborative
Companies arenât surveilling us just to violate our privacy and make us feel unsafe. Theyâre surveilling us to make money. This is how.
https://techequity.us/2025/08/05/surveillance-economy/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=Surveillance-Economy
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San Francisco Chronicle
6 months ago
The Police Records Access Project database, built by UC Berkeley and Stanford and distributed by news outlets including the Chronicle, allows searches by name, agency or keyword.
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Thousands of once-secret California police files made public in searchable database
The Police Records Access Project database, built by UC Berkeley and Stanford and distributed by news outlets including the Chronicle, allows searches by name, agency or keyword.
https://bit.ly/3Hb1ciQ
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6 months ago
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National Employment Law Project
6 months ago
Bossware is on the riseâand itâs threatening
#WorkersRights
. Our policy agenda examines how unchecked workplace surveillance is degrading job quality & highlights worker-led solutions that use tech to empower, not exploit. It's time for lawmakers to follow their lead:
www.nelp.org/insights-res...
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When 'Bossware' Manages Workers: A Policy Agenda to Stop Digital Surveillance and Automated-Decision-System Abuses - National Employment Law Project
Our report highlights the problems posed by employersâ excessive and inappropriate use of technology to monitor and manage workers.
https://www.nelp.org/insights-research/when-bossware-manages-workers-digital-surveillance-automated-decision-system-abuses/
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