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27.03.24

Big Tech

Online gig work is feeding Russia’s surveillance machine

TBIJ can reveal that the technology used to repress dissent against Putin’s authoritarian regime is powered by unwitting gig workers in the global south

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20.11.23

Big Tech

Behind every swipe: the workers toiling to keep dating apps safe

Harsh targets and distressing content have left mental scars on a global workforce of content moderators

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14.02.23

Big Tech

‘Please Acknowledge the Dick’: Inside a catfishing factory

Remote workers are being paid a pittance to play fictional women messaging men who sign up for sex-chat services

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A three-panelled illustration of a warehouses worker under a camera, with two human eyes either side

21.11.22

Big Tech

The eyes of Amazon: a hidden workforce driving a vast surveillance system

How low-paid employees in India and Costa Rica power the system used to monitor warehouse workers

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13.12.23

Big Tech

Toxicity and trauma: a day in the life of a dating app moderator

‘It's messed up … they don't think about the safety for their agents’

19.04.23

Big Tech

Teleperformance signs ‘historic agreement’ allowing Colombian workers to unionise

Outsourcing giant’s deal comes after TBIJ investigation into working conditions faced by company's TikTok moderators

A composite image of the Teleperformance HQ building, which is topped with a large sign of the company name, over the first page of the lawsuit documents. The names of various company officers have been redacted by TBIJ

28.06.23

Big Tech

Class action suit launched over Teleperformance working conditions

The lawsuit cited TBIJ reporting about the traumatic content Teleperformance workers in Colombia were exposed to when working as TikTok moderators

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