Chiara Furtado was quoted in a news article on women’s experiences working on ride-hailing and delivery platforms.
Chiara Furtado, researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society, says since women make up only 0.5 and 1% of the workforce in these two sectors – food delivery and cab-hailing industry – the standardised policies for workers end up being gendered. “Algorithm incentivises longer hours of work, late shifts, peak hours and consecutive rides, which prove to be discriminating against women,” she adds.

An Uber driver was mugged. An Ola driver was beaten and left in a coma. Platform workers say tech companies are doing little to protect them.
Aaysh Rathi, was quoted in a news article on the violence that platform workers face in their line of work. Wired UK published the article, as part of the Pulitzer Centre’s support for reportage on the harms of technological systems.

Workers on platforms like Uber, Ola and Swiggy deal with blocked accounts, other backlash for speaking out over poor conditions
Aayush Rathi was quoted in a news article published by TechCrunch, a leading publication on technology and business reporting:

“Whenever a worker faces a challenge, it’s very hard for them to get recourse from anywhere. Most of these big platforms are geared toward alleviating customers’ grievances,” said Aayush Rathi, research and programs lead at the Centre for Internet and Society.

CIS experimented with the informal nature of Twitter Spaces to host a dissemination event (in Hindi) along with SEWA. The event moderated by Chiara Furtado was held on the Twitter platform on September 13, 2022.
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For more details visit https://cis-india.org/raw/procurement-through-digital-platforms-womens-worker-collectives

Ambika Tandon was a panellist at the launch event for the Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour Platforms organized by Digital Future Society on July 13, 2022 on online platform.
The panel discussed the gendered nature of gig work across different global south contexts. The other panellists were Francisca Pereyra, from the Instituto de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, and Uma Rani, from the International Labour Organization.

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La conférence du Prof. Harry Surden ChatGPT, Large Language Models and Law sera diffusée en direct sur cette page, dès 17h.

L’article Live pour la conférence ChatGPT, LLM and Law est apparu en premier sur LexTech Institute.

 
Congratulations to Prof Jean Burgess on being inducted as a Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA).
During their annual meeting, the Board of Directors approved thirty notable scholars to be Fellows of the International Communication Association. Fellow status in the ICA is primarily a recognition of distinguished scholarly contributions to the broad field of communication. The primary consideration for nomination to Fellow status is a documented record of scholarly achievement.

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The World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit has been held annually since 2013. Upholding the concept of “building a community with a shared future in cyberspace”, the Summit has been committed to building consensus on the wisdom of all parties and deepening digital cooperation for a decade. It has developed into a high-end platform for the Internet governance system shared and governed by all, as well as for exchanges and cooperation in digital economy, which has received wide attention, support and recognition from the international community.

Now in its 10th year, the Media Pluralism Monitor remains an unparalleled source of robust evidence on the threats facing European media

Florence, 30 June 2023 – Media pluralism threats pervade every European country, without exception.

„Als Gründungsvater von Universitätsmedizin Bayern e.V.“ bezeichnete Bayerns Wissenschaftsminister Markus Blume Professor Matthias Frosch, der am Freitag, 30. Juni 2023, mit der Auszeichnung Pro Meritis Scientiae et Litterarum des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kunst geehrt wurde.
Den Erfolgskurs der Medizinischen Fakultät geprägt

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Update: On 30 June, the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia UK, and fellow organisers and backers of public interest projects published an open letter to the UK Government and Parliament calling for an exemption from the Online Safety Bill.

Der Staat, das sind nicht nur Bund, Länder und Kommunen. „Den Staat können wir in allem sehen, was uns umgibt, zum Beispiel in den Straßen, den Gerichten, in der Polizei oder in den Schulen“, sagt Theresa Paola Stawski. Doch wie gut funktionieren die Staaten dieser Welt? Das hat die promovierte Politologin in den vergangenen Monaten untersucht. In ihrem im Internet abrufbaren Ranking steht Deutschland 2022 an zehnter Stelle von 173 Staaten. Platz eins nimmt Singapur ein.

Als Zettel in einem Amulett um den Hals getragen, als Beigabe ins Grab oder als Handbuch in einer Gelehrtenbibliothek: Magische Texte waren einst weit verbreitet. Ihre Anwender und Besitzer versprachen sich von ihnen unter anderem göttliche Hilfe bei der Partnersuche, Schutz vor Angreifern und Krankheiten oder Unterstützung auf dem Weg ins Jenseits.

Gute Noten und gesellschaftliches Engagement: Das sind die wesentlichen Voraussetzungen, die Bewerberinnen und Bewerber um ein Deutschlandstipendium erfüllen sollten.