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Making content for an algorithm is like having a boss that docks every paycheck because you broke rules that you are not allowed to know, because if you knew the rules, you'd figure out how to cheat without your boss catching you. Content moderation is the last place where #SecurityThroughObscurity is considered good practice:

https://doctorow.medium.com/como-is-infosec-307f87004563

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Como Is Infosec - Cory Doctorow - Medium

There are many things that make content moderation hard. For starters, there are a lot of instances in which there is no right answer. A user may sincerely not intend to harass another user, who…

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As the historic writer/actor strike shows us, the resurgent labor movement and the senescent forces of crapulent capitalism are locked in a death-struggle over not just what digital tools do, but who they do it *for* and who they do it *to*:

https://locusmag.com/2022/01/cory-doctorow-science-fiction-is-a-luddite-literature/

When it comes to the epic fight over who technology acts for and against, we need a diversity of tactics, backstopped by tech operated by and for its users - and by laws that protect workers and the public.

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Cory Doctorow: Science Fiction is a Luddite Literature

From 1811-1816, a secret society styling themselves “the Luddites” smashed textile machinery in the mills of England. Today, we use “Luddite” as a pejorative referring to backwards, anti-technology…

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They're also seeking health-care and pensions, so they can be healthy at work and retire after long service. Finally, they're seeking their employer's support for LA's #ResponsibleHotelsOrdinance, which would levy a tax on hotel rooms to help pay for hotel workers' housing costs (a hotel worker who can't afford a bed is the equivalent of a fast food worker who has to apply for food stamps):

https://www.unitehere11.org/responsible-hotels-ordinance/

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Responsible Hotels Ordinance - UNITE HERE Local 11

  The Responsible Hotels Ordinance will help address the affordable housing crisis by: Ensuring hotel developments do not displace affordable housing Establishing a program similar to the successful Project Roomkey to provide temporary lodging for un…

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It's one thing for a single boss to punish a worker who refuses to scab, but Instawork acts as a plausible-deniability filter for *all the major employers in the region*. Like the landlord apps that allow landlords to illegally fix rents by coordinating hikes, Instawork lets bosses illegally collude to rig wages by coordinating a blocklist of workers who refuse to scab:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/company-that-makes-rent-setting-software-for-landlords-sued-for-collusion/

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Company that makes rent-setting software for landlords sued for collusion

RealPage worked with some of the nation’s largest landlords to raise rents, says lawsuit.

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Writing about the strike for *Jacobin*, #AlexNPress tells the story of #ThomasBradley, a Black worker who was struck off all Instawork shifts for refusing to cross the picket line and joining it instead:

https://jacobin.com/2023/07/southern-california-hotel-workers-strike-automated-management-unite-here

Bradley's case is exhibit A in the UNITE HERE 11 case before the NLRB. He has a degree in culinary arts, but racial discrimination in the industry has kept him stuck in gig and temp jobs ever since he graduated, nearly a quarter century ago.

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Southern California Hotel Workers Are on Strike Against Automated Management

On top of issues like low pay, workers are up against faceless algorithmic management that can punish them for various offenses — including for refusing to cross picket lines.

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Bradley is using his newfound secure position to campaign among other Instawork workers to convince them not to cross picket lines. In these group chats, *Jacobin* saw workers worrying "that joining the strike would jeopardize their standing on the app."

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