Reminder that any sort of workplace surveillance is outright illegal in some EU countries. It could even be considered a criminal act.
While countries like Brazil, Mexico, and India have privacy laws on paper, enforcement is weak, allowing both domestic and foreign vendors to deploy invasive technologies unchecked.
So they're doing just as well as the US?
Yeah this is big brother still. It refers as much to a single entity as it does to an actual older sibling.
These are all important points and it sounds like a summary of everything that is wrong in IT wonderland.
I guess the report goes into more detail, I guess they needed some nice headline to wrap it in, but - I wonder where they draw the line between "Big" and "Little" tech or why it's supposed to be a big gotcha that not only the biggest corporations employ outright evil tactics, exploit workers globally.
I feel there's a certain sad irony about the domain on that link.
**Workers are Fighting Back**: From sanitation workers in India to ride-hail drivers in Nigeria, workers are resisting algorithmic control—organizing protests, forming unions, and demanding AI transparency.
You love to see it <3 Hope the IWW or similar organizations will gain some momentum here.
big brother isn't the future
its a wonderful, wholesome, big family we can expect, everyone watching everyone else
which isn't much better ngl
Well let's not forget big brother. Just know we live in a panopticon and we all need to band together to make change happen
So why are we making the Combine from Vacuum Flowers?
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