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Martijn Arets

@martijnarets.bsky.social
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Professional outsider | Platform expert | Photography | Driven by curiosity | Research | Philosophy | Founder GigCV | WageIndicator Foundation | Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 11/08/2026
Tech leaders called AI a democratizing force. But it’s concentrating power and wealth in a handful of American companies restofworld.org/2026/us-ai-investme…
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The global tech boom is over. American AI companies won
Tech leaders called AI a democratizing force. But it’s concentrating power and wealth in a handful of American companies.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“How platforms and workers can make the most from data portability” new report with the lessons learned collaborating with stakeholders in Africa on data portability and gig platforms. jobtechalliance.com/data-portabi...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Arrived in Nepal for the ICT4D conference.
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 21/10/2025
With Japan facing a worker shortage as its population ages, convenience store shelves are being stocked by robots overseen by remote workers in the Philippines restofworld.org/2025/philippines-of…
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Goed om te zien hoe de bewustwording rondom datawerkers, de 150-430 miljoen werkenden die AI trainen en corrigeren, langzaam maar zeker groter wordt. Deze week bij @arjenlubach.bsky.social kwam het onderwerp ook voorbij: youtu.be/mxq4Ne_8ne4?...
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Karen Hao over een andere versie van de toekomst met AI | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
𝐖𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧? Samen met onderzoekers van de Universiteit Maastricht / ROA deed ik onderzoek naar dit vraagstuk. Via het YoungOnes platform vulden 1.790 freelancers onze survey in. De eerste inzichten: www.zipconomy.nl/2025/10/waar...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Op 29 oktober presenteer ik mijn werk over dataportabiliteit in de kluseconomie tijdens het online seminar "Sustainable Platform work – Studying trust and reputation systems in the platform economy". Meer info en inschrijven: www.uu.nl/en/events/on...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐞: 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 - For another episode of The Gig Work Podcast by WageIndicator Foundation I interviewed Ali Hamriti, founder of Rollee. Check the blog and podcast: gigpedia.org/resources/bl...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My reflections after visiting the International Network of Digital Labor (#INDL8) conference in Bologna. martijnarets.ghost.io/from-bologna...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Event: "Ghostwork, de onzichtbare arbeid achter AI Hoe beschermen we de 150 miljoen datawerkers achter onze AI?" Kom op 15 oktober naar de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en neem deel aan een discussie over hoe we datawerk een plek kunnen geven in discussies over Responsible AI. www.hva.nl/evenementen/...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: “𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲" New podcast, video and blog: gigpedia.org/resources/bl...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The photos of the workshop "Tackling the impersonality of algorithmic management: community-building and social wellbeing among platform workers", organized by @timchristiaens.bsky.social are now online: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCiojx
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Insightful presentation by Alessandro Tirapani: "Actually, we have no algorithm: a neo-luddite approach to democratic organisations in the gig economy", based on the case of the CoopCycle.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Moonshot solutions by @casilli.bsky.social
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Interesting (as always) contribution by @casilli.bsky.social: "From Resistance to Reimagination: ten years of digital labor activism".
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Attending the workshop "Tackling the impersonality of algorithmic management: community building and social well-being among platform workers", hosted by @timchristiaens.bsky.social
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Worked with the development team of @freshheads.bsky.social on the preps for the second version of the GigCV API. New features, new fast (and European) hosting and multi language.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
European Commission fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 million for participation in online food delivery cartel. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Commission fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 million for participation in online food delivery cartel
The Commission has fined Delivery Hero and Glovo, two major food delivery companies, a total of €329 million for participating in a cartel in the online food delivery sector.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Early morning activity in Nairobi…
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Today in Nairobi, I had an interview with Michelle Hassan from the Jobtech Alliance on the opportunities and impact of jobtech platforms in Africa. It was an inspiring conversation about opportunities, challenges and reality checks.
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Uğur Aytaç @uguraytac.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance. More info: edu.nl/9admd Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
First pictures made with my ‘new’ analogue Rolleiflex camera.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 - in Paris I interviewed @casilli.bsky.social on his work and new book 'Waiting for Robots'. Today I published the podcast, video and blog on our conversation. gigpedia.org/resources/bl...
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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
For the #GigWorkPodcast, I was interviewed by @martijnarets.bsky.social about my latest book “Waiting for Robots. The Hired Hands of Automation” (U. Chicago Press). youtu.be/0oRkW9_Gz54 We spoke for 1 hour 15 minutes and 15 seconds—every instant counts.
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The myth of automation: How AI is and will remain dependent on cheap labour
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Experimenting to combine video with my podcast recordings of The Gig Work Podcast. Impressive how Descript AI helps creating short videos out of the 70-minute interview recording.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Uiteindelijk zijn we allemaal datawerker: bewust en onbewust. Zo is het frame in deze mail dat ik andere mensen help, maar degene die ik écht help is natuurijk Google zelf.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Interesting conversation for The Gig Work Podcast with the co-founder and CEO of Rollee. They are helping credit companies and gig workers to get data from their profiles to create credit scores and by that giving workers better access to loans.
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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance in a bid to improve working conditions."
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Content moderators are organizing against Big Tech
Workers are fighting for working conditions and mental health support.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
DoorDash acquires Deliveroo. With this acquisition DoorDash buys access to new countries, like some in Europe. ir.design-portfolio.co.uk/viewer/79/76...
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Recommended offer for Deliveroo PLC | Deliveroo plc
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Today I had a nice interview with Antonio Casilli about the automation of work and the labour behind this automation and AI systems. Podcast, video & blog will be live in 2 weeks.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"They say if slaughterhouses had glass walls, the world would stop eating meat. And if tech companies were to reveal what they make these digital workers do, day in and day out, perhaps the world would stop using their platforms." www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
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In Kenya’s slums, they’re doing our digital dirty work - Coda Story
Big Tech makes promises about our gleaming AI future, but its models are built on the backs of underpaid workers in Africa
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Paris….
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 24/04/2025
Brazil’s AI-powered social security app has also rejected requests from hundreds of people who live in remote areas and have little digital literacy, often for minor errors restofworld.org/2025/brazil-...
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Brazil’s push for AI in welfare is leaving some workers behind
An algorithmic tool meant to reduce bureaucracy is misfiring on complex cases, and vulnerable Brazilians are paying the price.
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Axelle Van Wynsberghe @axelle-vw.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Tech companies are building their riches off of labour extraction. Employing workers through intermediaries allows them to limit their responsibility. “These companies go to African countries, like Kenya, where the government is a bit fragile, the economy, the politics, [are] complicated.”
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Rina Chandran @rinachandran.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI. They are pushing for greater transparency from the global companies that employ them through outsourcing firms. Reporting by Stephanie Wangari and Gayathri Vaidyanathan on @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...
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How Big Tech hides its outsourced African workforce
New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI, as they push for transparency from the global companies that employ them indirectly.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
In Den Haag for an expert meeting on the (National) implementation of the Platformwork Directive.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"OpenAI is working on its own X-like social network, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter." in the article of @theverge.com Will not work. Although they already have all your data ;-) www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Towards better conditions for data workers. Read the report + check the video's on our webinar gigpedia.org/resources/bl... and some of my thoughts on the datawork discussion: www.linkedin.com/posts/martij...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
More hidden costs of AI and an example how AI companies extract value from others without compensation. Just like this case:
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Africa’s data workers are being exploited by foreign tech firms – 4 ways to protect them: theconversation.com/africas-data...
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Africa’s data workers are being exploited by foreign tech firms – 4 ways to protect them
There is a need to create regional or continent-wide regulatory frameworks for protection of African gig workers.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Story of my life ;-)
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Learning for my exam 'History of Modern Philosophy'. I use ChatGPT for discussions about philosophers and to stretch my thoughts. Although the answers are a bit boring and neutral, it helps me to create oversight. One example on Berkeley and perceiving in a digital age: chatgpt.com/canvas/share...
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Berkeley’s Filosofie En Moderne Technologie
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Ready for our webinar to discuss the dataworkers behind 'our' AI. We start at 15:00 CET. Feel free to join: wageindicator.org/about/events...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Interesting definition of 'democracy': "19 founders and VCs working with Elon Musk’s DOGE" v/ @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/1...
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19 founders and VCs working with Elon Musk's DOGE | TechCrunch
Silicon Valley used to take a backseat to Washington, D.C. But now, the people disrupting technology have taken the wheel at the highest echelons of
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
What is the gap between minimal wage and living wage in countries around the world? Interesting oversight by the WageIndicator Foundation.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Very relevant insights in this article on the shift that delivery companies made from (kind of) advocating the importance of the immigrant labour force to… kissing a presidents ass…
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Concert of Alan Walker tonight. Great show and performance.
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
One year ago I celebrated Holi in Mumbai with some dear WageIndicator colleagues. Sweet memories...
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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Nieuwe blog en podcast: "Ghostwork: de onzichtbare wereld van werk achter AI". Omdat er veel wordt gesproken over de impact van AI op werk, maar niet over de vele miljoenen (!!) werkenden die onze AI voeden en corrigeren. martijnarets.ghost.io/ghostwork-de...
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Ghostwork: de onzichtbare wereld van werk achter AI
Claartje ter Hoeven (Universiteit Utrecht) en haar onderzoeksteam maken de verhulde wereld van Europese data- of ghostworkers zichtbaar. Zij zijn vaak hoogopgeleid, willen flexibiliteit, maar hun arbe...
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