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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://social.bund.de/users/Weizenbaum_Institut/statuses/113673356518610582">Weizenbaum-Institut (weizenbaum_institut@social.bund.de)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 02:33:26 JST</a><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Weizenbaum_Institut" title="weizenbaum_institut@social.bund.de"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/290617-48-20241218173326.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Weizenbaum-Institut" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Weizenbaum-Institut</a><div><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/85257" title="dair@dair-community.social">DAIR</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/89333" title="milamiceli@dair-community.social">Milagros Miceli</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/168254" title="fokuspublic@mastodon.social">FOKUS Digital Public Services</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/255560" title="tuberlin@wisskomm.social">Technische Universität Berlin</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/263787" title="unibremen@wisskomm.social">Universität Bremen</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/307554" title="towardsfairwork@bird.makeup">Fairwork</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p>Digital labor platforms in Africa offer both opportunities &amp; challenges, with marginalized workers facing dispossession despite tech advancements. In this study, Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika (<a href="https://wisskomm.social/@unibremen">@unibremen</a>, <a href="https://dair-community.social/@DAIR">@DAIR</a>) calls for policy reforms to protect worker autonomy &amp; ensure equitable participation in economic shifts.</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.3</a></p><p><a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Digital" rel="tag">#Digital</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/WorkerRights" rel="tag">#WorkerRights</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/GigEconomy" rel="tag">#GigEconomy</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/PlatformEconomy" rel="tag">#PlatformEconomy</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Africa" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/socialscience" rel="tag">#socialscience</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/research" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/wjds" rel="tag">#wjds</a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/@WZB_Berlin">@WZB_Berlin</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/towardsfairwork">@towardsfairwork</a> <a href="https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli">@milamiceli</a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/@tuberlin">@tuberlin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@FOKUSpublic">@FOKUSpublic</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4211630#notice-8230970">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-12-19T02:33:26+09:00" title="Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 02:33:26 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Weizenbaum_Institut/113673356518610582" rel="external" title="Sent from social.bund.de via ActivityPub">social.bund.de</a></span></span><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Weizenbaum_Institut/113673356518610582">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3726385">WEIZENBAUM JOURNAL OF THE DIGITAL SOCIETY VOL. 05 ISSUE 1. Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika: Trapped in the Matrix Algorithmic Control and Worker Dispossession in the African Platform Economy</a></label><br><a href="https://social.bund.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/673/347/957/251/321/original/db25c6feb29d2e62.png" rel="external">https://social.bund.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/673/347/957/251/321/original/db25c6feb29d2e62.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de</div><h5><a href="https://ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wjds/article/view/5_1_3">Trapped in the Matrix: Algorithmic Control and Worker Dispossession in the African Platform Economy</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Digital labor platforms are reshaping the work landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa, promising enhanced productivity and empowerment. Yet, this study reveals a more complex reality, particularly in Rwanda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Based on 41 in-depth interviews, it exposes how algorithmic management systems deeply erode worker autonomy, highlighting significant financial, task, and behavioral dispossession. This research, grounded in neo-Marxist and postcolonial theories, scrutinizes the nuanced limitations of autonomy and the pervasive control exerted by algorithmic management, reflecting the lived experiences of workers. The findings illuminate enduring patterns of accumulation that echo historical exploitation, maintaining asymmetric power dynamics and dependence. Despite this, the study captures the agency of workers as they navigate and resist these systemic constraints, challenging the dominant techno-optimistic narrative. It underscores the critical need for contextually informed empirical research to shape policies that champion equity and elevate marginalized voices during transformative economic shifts.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Digital labor platforms in Africa offer both opportunities & challenges, with marginalized workers facing dispossession despite tech advancements. In this study, Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika (@unibremen, @DAIR) calls for policy reforms to protect worker autonomy & ensure equitable participation in economic shifts.
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  Trapped in the Matrix: Algorithmic Control and Worker Dispossession in the African Platform Economy
  Digital labor platforms are reshaping the work landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa, promising enhanced productivity and empowerment. Yet, this study reveals a more complex reality, particularly in Rwanda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Based on 41 in-depth interviews, it exposes how algorithmic management systems deeply erode worker autonomy, highlighting significant financial, task, and behavioral dispossession. This research, grounded in neo-Marxist and postcolonial theories, scrutinizes the nuanced limitations of autonomy and the pervasive control exerted by algorithmic management, reflecting the lived experiences of workers. The findings illuminate enduring patterns of accumulation that echo historical exploitation, maintaining asymmetric power dynamics and dependence. Despite this, the study captures the agency of workers as they navigate and resist these systemic constraints, challenging the dominant techno-optimistic narrative. It underscores the critical need for contextually informed empirical research to shape policies that champion equity and elevate marginalized voices during transformative economic shifts.