Geopolitics
The Algorithmic Plantation: How Western Tech Giants Are Exporting Digital Feudalism Under the Banner of 'Flexibility'
The International Labour Organization is negotiating a historic global treaty to regulate platform work and hold companies accountable for algorithmic control of gig workers, who face exploitation and precarity. This is a pivotal moment to dismantle the neo-colonial labor architectures built by Western tech giants that extract value from the Global South while evading the responsibilities of true employment.