The gig economy is ground zero for the use of experimental algorithms that use workers’ own data against them. Leaving workers playing a game that they don’t know the rules to, that the house always wins

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Time to deliver answers: An open letter to Just Eat Takeaway, Uber and Deliveroo

Algorithmic management of workers has become the norm for gig-economy platforms, with workers obligated to give up an immense amount of personal da...

Ads online can be eerily accurate or annoyingly random. But in either case it’s tough to understand why you’re being shown a certain ad One reason might be due to a bidding system that is happening behind the scenes Here’s how it works

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Why am I really seeing that ad? The answer might be Real Time Bidding (RTB)

When you give an app access to your location, it may be selling it to shady third parties you’ve never heard of. Advertisers, police and military forces have been taking advantage of the hidden trackers on our phones

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Mobile App Monetisation - Covert trackers in your pocket

Your phone is the ideal profit tool for data brokers and advertisers: it's always in your pocket and can be used both as a means of collecting...