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“I am not the only driver,” he says. “A lot of people lose their accounts for no reason.” theguardian.com/business/2025/…

‘It’s a nightmare’: couriers mystified by the algorithms that control their jobs

From pay shortfalls to being dropped by apps, drivers face a range of issues – often with no way to fix them
Robert Booth (The Guardian)
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Imagine you woke up one day to find out you've been fired.
You don't know why.
Your boss gives you an explanation but it doesn't make sense.
You request the data your workplace holds about you.
A different explanation emerges. It also doesn't make sense.
You can try and guess, but how does that help? You've been fired.
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Delivery drivers are increasingly being ‘managed by bots’ - important decisions about how much they’re paid and even whether they keep their job are being made in ways they can’t understand and that they don’t have any say over.
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It's time for these companies to deliver answers on the algorithms driving these decisions.

Find out more: privacyinternational.org/advoc… #TimeToDeliverAnswers


Time to deliver answers: An open letter to Just Eat Takeaway, Uber and Deliveroo

Algorithmic management of workers has become the norm for gig-economy platforms, with workers obligated to give up an immense amount of personal data just to go to work.
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