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What does it mean to artificially generate images of hope in a context of ongoing genocidal violence? Robyn Holly Taylor-Neu ponders a recent AI-generated image of Palestinian children smiling amid rubble. Is it hopeful? Misinformation? "Vanilla humanism"? culanth.org/fieldsights/ab…

Join us next week, Friday 18 October, from 12:00-13:00, for a thought-provoking talk by Dr Dr Adam Badger. He will present: "Ride or die: making the long-overdue case for food delivery gig work as highly skilled." oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

We often hear about how AI is costing people jobs but in Finland prisoners are being hired to work in the field of AI. Is it ethical? My report up shortly on The World with reflections from Oğuz Alyanak Fairwork Oxford Internet Institute Listen here: theworld.org

we really need an alternative to this platform, which is run by a man whose hunger for power will soon destroy us all: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o…

Labour is picking up where the Tories left off, targeting gig workers for detention and deportation while letting off the platforms (which have bought themselves lobbying influence) that benefit from the sub-renting of accounts on their app scot-free. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Quick Listen! 🎧 Hear Fairwork's Oğuz Alyanak discuss the issues around Finnish prison inmates being hired to train AI with Orla Barry for The World 👉 theworld.org/segments/2024/… Oxford Internet Institute

"everyone is now more conscious of the noise of the “military machines” and show signs of hypervigilance – a state of being constantly on guard, often associated with post-traumatic stress disorder." theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

🚨 New paper in NewTechnologyWork&Employment offers a comparative analysis of worker struggles in German and Norwegian food and grocery delivery: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nt… By Tatiana López (Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg), Kristin Jesnes (@fafoinfo), Oğuz Alyanak (Oxford Internet Institute) & Zeynep Karlıdağ (WZB) #Fairwork

Who else is at #AOIR2024?! 👀 Don't miss Jonas Valente TODAY at 15:30 on the #AI, Data and Labour Panel discussing the role of #ActionResearch in building better labour conditions. AoIR ➡️ 🐘 @[email protected] Oxford Internet Institute Mark Graham 🌃✨ Funda Ustek Spilda Oğuz Alyanak Full program: conftool.org/aoir2024/sessi…

Spot #Fairwork in Co-operative News! 👀 Trebor Scholz, writing about the #DigitalAfricaRising conference, cites our 2024 policy brief written by the African Platform workers Representatives. ICYMI: fair.work/en/fw/publicat… thenews.coop/can-co-ops-add… Platform Co-op Platform Cooperativism Consortium - Global Oğuz Alyanak Oxford Internet Institute

🚗Are you a platform worker in the Philippines? Get your questions about workers' rights answered by #Fairwork research in this new #FairworkPhilippines resource 👇 fair.work/en/fw/publicat… Oxford Internet Institute DLSU WZB Cheryll Soriano Oğuz Alyanak Tobias Kuttler MultiMarge

👀 Look! Gig-workers with #FairworkPhilippines pamphlets & stickers! Fairwork, Kagulong & Riders-Sentro are helping workers access research-based information to navigate their rights 👉fair.work/en/fw/publicat… Oxford Internet Institute DLSU Cheryll Soriano Oğuz Alyanak Tobias Kuttler MultiMarge

⭐ This holiday season, #ChooseFairness! Use #Fairwork's tool to find platforms with the fairest working conditions near you. Many fall short, but your choices can drive change. Let’s build a just digital economy together! 🎉 Explore now: fair.work Oxford Internet Institute

Ever wonder about #Fairwork's impact on improving work conditions in the digital economy? As of 2024, we’ve driven 321 pro-worker changes, shaped global policies, and empowered workers worldwide. Explore our achievements: fair.work/impact Oxford Internet Institute

Are they really "virtual" employees when there are hordes of workers, many located in the Global South and barely making the minimum hourly wage, feeding the machine? theguardian.com/business/2025/…

🚨NEW BLOG from #FairworkPhilippines 🇵🇭 on the health and safety hazards for workers due to climate change induced extreme weather events: fair.work/en/fw/blog/rid… Oxford Internet Institute DLSU Cheryll Soriano

Gradually making the transition to Bluesky. Follow me at: oguzalyanak.bsky.social

1/ Kenya is positioning itself as Africa’s outsourcing powerhouse—a destination where global corporations can find a skilled, low-cost workforce under investor-friendly policies. But behind the rhetoric of job creation lies a system that thrives on worker exploitation. 🧵

OnlineFirst - "Pressure and praise as an action research methodology: The case of Fairwork" by Mark Graham 🌃✨, Oğuz Alyanak, Alessio Bertolini, Patrick Feuerstein, Tobias Kuttler, Funda Ustek Spilda, and Jonas Valente: #platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

NEW! "Reflection AI: Feeding the Machine – The Hidden Labour Behind AI Tools and Ethical Implications for Higher Education" Mark Graham 🌃✨, Jonas Valente and Oğuz Alyanak Fairwork published in Frontiers in Communication. bit.ly/3TA8qzt