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Unrigging the Gig Economy
How badly do platform companies treat their workers? A recent study rated most major firms zero on a 10-point scale.
Innovations that address privacy and civil liberties in the 21st century (more)
How badly do platform companies treat their workers? A recent study rated most major firms zero on a 10-point scale.
The most powerful tool that workers and communities around the world have to fight exploitative new technologies.
Outsourcing and contract employment models have allowed the tech industry to obscure its terrible labor practices for years. A surging movement of these workers has had enough.
How “little tech” is driving workplace surveillance—and what can be done to push back.
Tech titans are fostering new forms of digital colonialism, both within wealthy countries and on the global stage. But it’s not too late to build a digital economy that works for everyone.
AI is helping to locate land mines to speed their removal.
Data is a powerful tool in addressing contemporary challenges, but current consent models don’t go far enough to align with community expectations and protect vulnerable populations.
Technology enables companies to monitor their employees constantly. But workers are organizing to fight back.
Mental health is an essential intervention to address violence and trauma at the individual, interpersonal, and systemic levels.
MAXLab designs simulations to examine how crime occurs and to imagine preventive measures to keep communities safe.