Media Bits and Bytes – No Fooling
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Tech for the global majority
Tech for the global majority
Tech for the global majority
Media Bits and Bytes – September 3, 2024
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Musk on the run
Media Bits and Bytes – August 6, 2024
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Wrong on so many levels
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‘Constantly Monitored’: The Pushback Against AI Surveillance at Work
The Guardian
Academics decry algorithmic monitoring of workers and call for stronger standards – but U.S. unions have been slow to act.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 5, 2023
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Alan Moore's appeal for democracy
Media Bits and Bytes – November 14, 2023
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Workers’ rights vs owners’ tech
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SAG-AFTRA Lauds New Deal, Valuing It at Over $1B With “Unprecedented” Provisions & “Extraordinary Scope”
Deadline
SAG-AFTRA says that its tentative agreement with the studios is worth more than $1 billion over three years and added that it has “extraordinary scope” and “unprecedented provisions.”
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Labor Unions Become More Influential As Technology Impacts Jobs
Forbes
Labor unions are having a comeback moment in the United States, and they are poised to become more influential as emerging technologies such as AI grip the U.S. job market and impact workers.
To Live and Strike in Hollywood
The Stansbury Forum
Writer Gary Phillips traces the history of the Writers Guild, the militancy of Hollywood unions, beginning with the writers, the difference between the writers and actors, and why the actors remain on strike.
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