Data Workers’ Inquiry
@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based research project in which data workers lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces.
https://data-workers.org
https://data-workers.org
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🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
A lack of security and protection is a major part of data workers’ lives.
Read/watch excerpts from our collaborators — Oskarina, Ranta, and Alexis — on this topic.
Read/watch excerpts from our collaborators — Oskarina, Ranta, and Alexis — on this topic.
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A lack of security and protection is a major part of data workers’ lives.
Read/watch excerpts from our collaborators — Oskarina, Ranta, and Alexis — on this topic.
Read/watch excerpts from our collaborators — Oskarina, Ranta, and Alexis — on this topic.
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Stories of data annotators and content moderators in Nairobi, Kenya
Documentary by @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social #AI
peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gRTuLGE6VJ...
Documentary by @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social #AI
peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gRTuLGE6VJ...
Data Workers Organizing - The African Content Moderators Union
The formation of the African Content Moderators Union in 2023 marked a key step for workers advocating for better conditions. This documentary explores the issues faced by data workers at Sama in N...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Stories of data annotators and content moderators in Nairobi, Kenya
Documentary by @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social #AI
peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gRTuLGE6VJ...
Documentary by @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social #AI
peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gRTuLGE6VJ...
The DWI team attended this year’s INDL-8 Conference! Laurenz and Camilla shared theoretical and methodological insights on Data Workers’ Inquiry, while our amazing collaborators Kauna and Ephantus led a powerful panel on workers organizing and unionizing. 💪
September 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The DWI team attended this year’s INDL-8 Conference! Laurenz and Camilla shared theoretical and methodological insights on Data Workers’ Inquiry, while our amazing collaborators Kauna and Ephantus led a powerful panel on workers organizing and unionizing. 💪
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Contenta de que perfiles como el de @milamiceli.bsky.social sea reconocido como uno de los más influyentes en temas de IA time.com/collections/...
Su trabajo en @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social ha arrojado luz sobre condiciones laborales de personas que trabajan en la sombra de la IA,en lo NO mágico
Su trabajo en @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social ha arrojado luz sobre condiciones laborales de personas que trabajan en la sombra de la IA,en lo NO mágico
September 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Contenta de que perfiles como el de @milamiceli.bsky.social sea reconocido como uno de los más influyentes en temas de IA time.com/collections/...
Su trabajo en @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social ha arrojado luz sobre condiciones laborales de personas que trabajan en la sombra de la IA,en lo NO mágico
Su trabajo en @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social ha arrojado luz sobre condiciones laborales de personas que trabajan en la sombra de la IA,en lo NO mágico
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Who is Really Fueling your #AI? Join us on September 17 to discuss precarization and resistance in #datawork, with the @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social and @superrrnetwork.bsky.social. Don't miss your chance to meet some of the shadow workforce behind AI. buff.ly/dHMHXPV
September 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Who is Really Fueling your #AI? Join us on September 17 to discuss precarization and resistance in #datawork, with the @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social and @superrrnetwork.bsky.social. Don't miss your chance to meet some of the shadow workforce behind AI. buff.ly/dHMHXPV
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Richard Mathenge, Mophat Okinyi & Kauna Malgwi were on the TIME/100 list. Fasica Berhane's story won the True Story award. Joan Kinyua & others created the Data Labelers Association. Kauna is working on trauma-aware mental health intervention. See more at
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...
The Data Workers' Inquiry
The Data Workers' Inquiry is a global, radically participatory research initiative spanning nine countries across five continents.
www.dair-institute.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Richard Mathenge, Mophat Okinyi & Kauna Malgwi were on the TIME/100 list. Fasica Berhane's story won the True Story award. Joan Kinyua & others created the Data Labelers Association. Kauna is working on trauma-aware mental health intervention. See more at
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...
www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...
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I thought the project was cool when Mila told me about the idea, but I didn’t understand how expansive it was going to be until I saw elements of the repository at data-workers.org. Just look at the diversity and quality of outputs: depth reports, animated shorts, documentaries, podcasts and more.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I thought the project was cool when Mila told me about the idea, but I didn’t understand how expansive it was going to be until I saw elements of the repository at data-workers.org. Just look at the diversity and quality of outputs: depth reports, animated shorts, documentaries, podcasts and more.
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Mila is on the TIME 100/AI list because of her work on the Data Workers Inquiry project (@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social)
She was tired of writing *about* data workers, which is how one is supposed to conduct research in academia.
She was tired of writing *about* data workers, which is how one is supposed to conduct research in academia.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Mila is on the TIME 100/AI list because of her work on the Data Workers Inquiry project (@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social)
She was tired of writing *about* data workers, which is how one is supposed to conduct research in academia.
She was tired of writing *about* data workers, which is how one is supposed to conduct research in academia.
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Timnit believed in me and my vision even before I was able to put it in words. I’m incredibly grateful to @dairinstitute.bsky.social for giving @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social a home and to Timnit for her leadership, generosity, trust and support❤️
🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵
August 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Timnit believed in me and my vision even before I was able to put it in words. I’m incredibly grateful to @dairinstitute.bsky.social for giving @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social a home and to Timnit for her leadership, generosity, trust and support❤️
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I am thrilled to be recognized by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people worldwide in the field of artificial intelligence for my work with @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social.
>> #TIME100AI time.com/time100ai
I want to take this opportunity to share a few reflections on this work 👇🧵
>> #TIME100AI time.com/time100ai
I want to take this opportunity to share a few reflections on this work 👇🧵
August 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I am thrilled to be recognized by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people worldwide in the field of artificial intelligence for my work with @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social.
>> #TIME100AI time.com/time100ai
I want to take this opportunity to share a few reflections on this work 👇🧵
>> #TIME100AI time.com/time100ai
I want to take this opportunity to share a few reflections on this work 👇🧵
Huge congrats to @milamiceli.bsky.social 🌟
This is a recognition to all of us making the Data Workers’ Inquiry project!
This is a recognition to all of us making the Data Workers’ Inquiry project!
En tiempos de cientificidio y oscurantismo en mi país, estoy orgullosa de ser la primera científica argentina reconocida por la revista TIME como una de las 100 personas más influyentes a nivel mundial en el campo de la inteligencia artificial.
time.com/collections/...
time.com/collections/...
August 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Huge congrats to @milamiceli.bsky.social 🌟
This is a recognition to all of us making the Data Workers’ Inquiry project!
This is a recognition to all of us making the Data Workers’ Inquiry project!
📣 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘!
We're excited to co-organize a transnational data worker assembly together with @superrrnetwork.bsky.social on September 16-17 in Berlin.
While the first day is closed-door, we’ll host a public event on the 17th.
👉 Program and registration: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
We're excited to co-organize a transnational data worker assembly together with @superrrnetwork.bsky.social on September 16-17 in Berlin.
While the first day is closed-door, we’ll host a public event on the 17th.
👉 Program and registration: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
August 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
📣 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘!
We're excited to co-organize a transnational data worker assembly together with @superrrnetwork.bsky.social on September 16-17 in Berlin.
While the first day is closed-door, we’ll host a public event on the 17th.
👉 Program and registration: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
We're excited to co-organize a transnational data worker assembly together with @superrrnetwork.bsky.social on September 16-17 in Berlin.
While the first day is closed-door, we’ll host a public event on the 17th.
👉 Program and registration: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
Dependency and vulnerability are part of what data workers face every day.
Read quotes from our collaborators — Yasser, Ranta, Wilington, and Alexis — for a glimpse into what life is really like for data workers.
Read quotes from our collaborators — Yasser, Ranta, Wilington, and Alexis — for a glimpse into what life is really like for data workers.
August 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Dependency and vulnerability are part of what data workers face every day.
Read quotes from our collaborators — Yasser, Ranta, Wilington, and Alexis — for a glimpse into what life is really like for data workers.
Read quotes from our collaborators — Yasser, Ranta, Wilington, and Alexis — for a glimpse into what life is really like for data workers.
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🚨 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲!
In a clear intimidation attempt, TikTok threatened to dismiss one of the organizers. Out of a team of more than 30 employees, it is precisely the worker who took part in the strike who is to be fired.
In a clear intimidation attempt, TikTok threatened to dismiss one of the organizers. Out of a team of more than 30 employees, it is precisely the worker who took part in the strike who is to be fired.
TikTok management wants to lay off over 160 workers in Berlin as easily and cheaply as possible. After the first meeting of the conciliation committee, employees could be DISMISSED IMMEDIATELY.
www.heise.de/en/news/Berl...
www.heise.de/en/news/Berl...
Berlin: Tiktok-employees going on strike against massive job cuts
German Tiktok censors have trained an AI that is now taking their jobs. Verdi wants to talk, Tiktok doesn't. There was a warning strike on Wednesday.
www.heise.de
August 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🚨 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲!
In a clear intimidation attempt, TikTok threatened to dismiss one of the organizers. Out of a team of more than 30 employees, it is precisely the worker who took part in the strike who is to be fired.
In a clear intimidation attempt, TikTok threatened to dismiss one of the organizers. Out of a team of more than 30 employees, it is precisely the worker who took part in the strike who is to be fired.
Don’t miss The Socially Conscious AI Podcast featuring @krystalkauffman.bsky.social as she dives into the realities of data workers and sheds light on the Data Workers’ Inquiry. Check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=WOhi...
The Hidden Human Cost of AI: Krystal Kauffman Reveals Data Labor Exploitation
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August 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Don’t miss The Socially Conscious AI Podcast featuring @krystalkauffman.bsky.social as she dives into the realities of data workers and sheds light on the Data Workers’ Inquiry. Check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=WOhi...
Hey everyone!
We just made a list on here for fellow colleagues, data workers, researchers, and advocates:
📋 bsky.app/profile/did:...
Feel free to reply with names or handles you think should be included — we’ll keep updating it!
We just made a list on here for fellow colleagues, data workers, researchers, and advocates:
📋 bsky.app/profile/did:...
Feel free to reply with names or handles you think should be included — we’ll keep updating it!
August 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Hey everyone!
We just made a list on here for fellow colleagues, data workers, researchers, and advocates:
📋 bsky.app/profile/did:...
Feel free to reply with names or handles you think should be included — we’ll keep updating it!
We just made a list on here for fellow colleagues, data workers, researchers, and advocates:
📋 bsky.app/profile/did:...
Feel free to reply with names or handles you think should be included — we’ll keep updating it!
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In Berlin will TikTok massenhaft Mitarbeitende durch eine KI ersetzen, doch die Beschäftigten wehren sich mit dem weltweit ersten Streik bei einem Social-Media-Konzern. Unsere Forscherin @milamiceli.bsky.social gab eine Einschätzung für @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/zfeZYDQ
TikTok-Beschäftigte zeigen, wie man sich gegen einen Tech-Giganten behauptet
In Berlin will TikTok massenhaft Mitarbeitende durch eine KI ersetzen – sollte der Konzern Erfolg haben, wird es Nachahmer geben. Doch die Beschäftigten wehren sich mit dem weltweit ersten Streik bei…
www.jacobin.de
July 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In Berlin will TikTok massenhaft Mitarbeitende durch eine KI ersetzen, doch die Beschäftigten wehren sich mit dem weltweit ersten Streik bei einem Social-Media-Konzern. Unsere Forscherin @milamiceli.bsky.social gab eine Einschätzung für @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/zfeZYDQ
TikTok management wants to lay off over 160 workers in Berlin as easily and cheaply as possible. After the first meeting of the conciliation committee, employees could be DISMISSED IMMEDIATELY.
www.heise.de/en/news/Berl...
www.heise.de/en/news/Berl...
Berlin: Tiktok-employees going on strike against massive job cuts
German Tiktok censors have trained an AI that is now taking their jobs. Verdi wants to talk, Tiktok doesn't. There was a warning strike on Wednesday.
www.heise.de
July 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
TikTok management wants to lay off over 160 workers in Berlin as easily and cheaply as possible. After the first meeting of the conciliation committee, employees could be DISMISSED IMMEDIATELY.
www.heise.de/en/news/Berl...
www.heise.de/en/news/Berl...
Today at the Point Sud 2025 conference on “Furthering Digital Sovereignty and Rights in Africa,” Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika presented “The Algorithmic Plantation: Digital Colonialism and Kenya’s AI Labor Force” at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), South Africa.
July 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Today at the Point Sud 2025 conference on “Furthering Digital Sovereignty and Rights in Africa,” Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika presented “The Algorithmic Plantation: Digital Colonialism and Kenya’s AI Labor Force” at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), South Africa.
🎉✨ Huge congrats to @fasica.bsky.social for being shortlisted for the True Story Award!
Her brilliant piece on content moderation stood out among over 1000 submissions from around the world, placing in the top 3%.
truestoryaward.org/story/508
Her brilliant piece on content moderation stood out among over 1000 submissions from around the world, placing in the top 3%.
truestoryaward.org/story/508
July 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎉✨ Huge congrats to @fasica.bsky.social for being shortlisted for the True Story Award!
Her brilliant piece on content moderation stood out among over 1000 submissions from around the world, placing in the top 3%.
truestoryaward.org/story/508
Her brilliant piece on content moderation stood out among over 1000 submissions from around the world, placing in the top 3%.
truestoryaward.org/story/508
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Dicen que “la IA no destruye empleos; sólo los transforma”. Pero esa “transformación” de la que hablan es solo más precarización. Detrás de los algoritmos hay legiones de trabajadores precarizados e invisibilizados: los trabajadores de datos. @milamiceli.bsky.social @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Dicen que “la IA no destruye empleos; sólo los transforma”. Pero esa “transformación” de la que hablan es solo más precarización. Detrás de los algoritmos hay legiones de trabajadores precarizados e invisibilizados: los trabajadores de datos. @milamiceli.bsky.social @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
Exciting news! We’ve just launched “Organizing Across Borders” by Joan Kinyua - a data labeler, organizer, and president of the Data Labelers Association (DLA). In this inquiry, Joan reflects on the DLA’s formation and the cross-border solidarity that helped make it possible. data-workers.org/DLA/
July 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Exciting news! We’ve just launched “Organizing Across Borders” by Joan Kinyua - a data labeler, organizer, and president of the Data Labelers Association (DLA). In this inquiry, Joan reflects on the DLA’s formation and the cross-border solidarity that helped make it possible. data-workers.org/DLA/
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🚨NEW INQUIRY!
@joan1k.bsky.social from @datalabelers.bsky.social discusses beginnings, gratitude, and partnerships in this piece.
@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social is an active partner of the DLA, and we remain united in the fight for the rights of data workers worldwide!
data-workers.org/DLA/
@joan1k.bsky.social from @datalabelers.bsky.social discusses beginnings, gratitude, and partnerships in this piece.
@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social is an active partner of the DLA, and we remain united in the fight for the rights of data workers worldwide!
data-workers.org/DLA/
Organizing Across Borders, by Joan Kinyua
The Data Labelers Association is developing mutual support structures and fighting for better working conditions. This inquiry recounts our path to founding it and acknowledges our ongoing partnership...
data-workers.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🚨NEW INQUIRY!
@joan1k.bsky.social from @datalabelers.bsky.social discusses beginnings, gratitude, and partnerships in this piece.
@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social is an active partner of the DLA, and we remain united in the fight for the rights of data workers worldwide!
data-workers.org/DLA/
@joan1k.bsky.social from @datalabelers.bsky.social discusses beginnings, gratitude, and partnerships in this piece.
@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social is an active partner of the DLA, and we remain united in the fight for the rights of data workers worldwide!
data-workers.org/DLA/
@milamiceli.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social at the Weizenbaum Institute yesterday to discuss Hanna’s and @emilymbender.bsky.social’s new book “The AI Con”.
July 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@milamiceli.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social at the Weizenbaum Institute yesterday to discuss Hanna’s and @emilymbender.bsky.social’s new book “The AI Con”.