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Thousands of delivery drivers in Spain working for the food delivery app Glovo will soon be full employees after the company announced Monday that it was moving to an employment-based model, AP reports trib.al/y0RMnM1

. #RegainingDigitalSovereignty white paper is out!! Over 100 authors & supporters led by Cédric Durand Edemilson Paraná Paolo Gerbaudo Paris Marx & myself Download here (también en español y portugués): ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi… #AgainstBigTech #DemocraticeAI 4 key proposals 👇

👑️How can we regain #DigitalSovereignty? IIPP's Cecilia Rikap, alongside Cédric Durand, Edemilson Paraná, Paolo Gerbaudo, & Paris Marx, has contributed to a new paper outlining key proposals for enhanced digital sovereignty. ✍️Read it here: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

The Tech Coup continues: Mark Zuckerberg seeks ‘active role’ in Trump tech policy | Trump administration | ↘️ theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d…

"Pas op met de inzet van Big Tech op kernenergie", zeggen Romy Dekker en Bart Karstens van Rathenau Instituut Instituut rathenau.nl/nl/klimaat/pas…

Tracing the infrastructure of AI to mines, chip factories, data centers, and e-waste dumps, our video of the week unveils the environmental harms of the supply chain capitalism data centers. Feat. Ana Valdivia at Oxford Internet Institute buff.ly/4fXKlw5

The #PlatformWorkDirective is here and the clock is ticking for states to implement it. But will everything go smoothly? In this commentary, Pedro Mendonça (Pedro Mendonça) and I offer our view. socialeurope.eu/eu-pushes-to-r…

'where fiber-optic cables enter American territory, the U.S. government has installed “splitters”: prisms that divide the beams of light carrying information into two streams. One stream goes on to the intended recipients, but the other goes to the NSA' foreignaffairs.com/reviews/americ…

Is #bluesky the right alternative? Opinion piece by @martijnarets and Damion Bunders (in Dutch) nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/12…

🌍The true size of the gig economy remains uncertain: Traditional labour force surveys and tax data often fail to capture gig workers, and platforms rarely disclose meaningful statistics. Estimates vary from 154 to 435 million gig workers globally.🌐 🔗documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099…

Now, you can easily compare and choose digital platforms based on their Fairwork scores, which reflect how they measure up against Fairwork principles. Whether you're a consumer looking for ethical choices or a worker seeking better opportunities, this tool helps you prioritise

De leerprestaties en mentale gezondheid van jongeren nemen af o.a. als gevolg van de smartphone. Smartphone­gebruik heeft kenmerken van een collectieve-actieprobleem, wat maatschappelijke kosten met zich meebrengt. Wat kan de overheid doen? esb.nu/problematisch-…

👑️How can we regain #DigitalSovereignty? IIPP's Cecilia Rikap, alongside Cédric Durand, Edemilson Paraná, Paolo Gerbaudo, & Paris Marx have contributed to a new paper outlining key proposals for enhanced digital sovereignty. ✍️Read it here: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

What if the EU deregulatory push will not only fail to make Europe more competitive but also tarnish its existential commitment to the rule of law? My latest for Project Syndicate #omnibus #AIActionSummit prosyn.org/OA9YQxo

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🎤Becoming less dependent on Big Tech. UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose Head of Research Cecilia Rikap spoke with Gerard Oosterwijk about addressing EU digital infrastructure and her recent 'Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty' report on the FEPS podcast. 🎧Listen here: buff.ly/uAWe9xm

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Does the gig economy bring freedom or servitude for workers? What could generative AI mean for the future of gig work? What could the Platform Work Directive mean for Europe's platform economy? I explore these questions in this piece for Green European Journal: greeneuropeanjournal.eu/gigification-t…