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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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The Hyper-Exploitative Labor Practices of Amazon.com | P2P Foundation

The Hyper-Exploitative Labor Practices of Amazon.com | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

“Let’s start by asking for a show of hands: who has ever purchased anything from Amazon.com? It is incredibly convenient but, as I will show, in the shadows of this convenience linger the social costs for Amazon’s workers. Behind the screen: wage theft and total workplace surveillance. This is one of Amazon’s so-called “inactivity reports.” These documents are issued by the company to its warehouse workers. The example here is from Germany; I translated it for you:

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How Crowdworkers Became the Ghosts in the Digital Machine

How Crowdworkers Became the Ghosts in the Digital Machine | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Since 2005, Amazon has helped create one of the most exploited workforces no one has ever seen.
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How Amazon's crowdsourcing forum, Mechanical Turk, could be destroying academic research

How Amazon's crowdsourcing forum, Mechanical Turk, could be destroying academic research | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
"Turkers" are people who are essentially making their living by filling out questionnaires all day long, day after, month after month, year after year.
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