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Data Labelers Association.
@datalabelers.bsky.social
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Advocate for fair treatment and recognition of data labelers. Passionate about AI, mental health support, and professional growth. Join me in empowering the invisible architects of AI!
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Behind every algorithm, who pays the price? Join Data Labelers Association Vice President @ephantuskanyugi.bsky.social Kanyugi who will be speaking at the Singapore Future AI Summit 2025 on October 7th.
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A must read! Great investigation into the strategy of mass recruitment used by AI data work firms. (And featuring lots of great folks like @joan1k.bsky.social @ephantuskanyugi.bsky.social @datalabelers.bsky.social @casilli.bsky.social @adiod.bsky.social)
August 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Big news!
The Data Labelers Association (DLA) now has a page on the Data Workers' Inquiry platform!
🔗 data-workers.org/DLA

@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social @adiod.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social
#DataLabelers #DigitalLabor
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 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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milamiceli.bsky.social
One year ago, on #LaborDay, we launched Data Workers' Inquiry. The process was messy and uncertain, but driven by the need to do research differently.

I wrote a reflection on what this first year taught us:
data-workers.org/about/how-to...

Thanks for reading and for supporting this work.
Screenshot of the blogpost: How We Made Data Workers' Inquiry, by Milagros Miceli, DWI’s Principal Investigator and Project Lead. This piece traces how Data Workers' Inquiry came to life: not as a project with clear answers, but as a messy, stubborn attempt to put research in the hands of the people living the realities researchers usually write about
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Big news!
The Data Labelers Association (DLA) now has a page on the Data Workers' Inquiry platform!
🔗 data-workers.org/DLA

@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social @adiod.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social
#DataLabelers #DigitalLabor
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 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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#rp25 hosts 60+ sessions on AI. Few discuss the worker involved.

“Am I Not Human? Data workers behind our AI systems and social media platforms speak out”

🇰🇪Joan from @datalabelers.bsky.social

🇩🇪 Andreas TikTok Works Council Chair

🪑Chaired by Rim of @superrrnetwork.bsky.social #contentmoderation
Joan joins virtually by video, along with Rim and Andreas in person at stage 3 of re-publica conference
May 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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➡️➡️ Am 22. Juli findet ab 18:00 Uhr das Online-Seminar "Nicht von Geisterhand" der @eaberlin.de statt. Es geht um KI und die Ausbeutung von Datenarbeiter:innen. u.a. mit @adiod.bsky.social & MdB @sonjalemke.dielinkebt.de & Mitgliedern der kürzlich gegründeten @datalabelers.bsky.social Association:
Nicht von Geisterhand – Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin
KI und die Ausbeutung von Datenarbeit im digitalen Kapitalismus
www.eaberlin.de
June 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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milamiceli.bsky.social
🚨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/
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
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adiod.bsky.social
Excited to be introducing this latest Inquiry...head to the data workers inquiry website and check out this new inquiry by @joan1k.bsky.social of the @datalabelers.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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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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July 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Wilington Shitawa is a former data worker and quality analyst who has worked at Cloud Factory and Sama in Nairobi, Kenya. Drawing from his personal experiences and interviews with fellow workers Andrea, Derrick, and Edwin, he created the comic „Click Captives: The Unseen Struggle of Data Workers“.
Wilington Shitawa, drawing from his personal experiences and interviews with fellow workers Andrea, Derrick, and Edwin, created the comic „Click Captives: The Unseen Struggle of Data Workers“. Wilington Shitawa
April 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Happy Mother's Day!
To all the moms holding it down, pushing through unseen struggles, and showing up no matter what — thank you. You are the backbone of families, communities, and our world.

Here’s to recognizing your sacrifices not just today, but every day. 💐

#MothersDay #ThankYouMoms
May 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁:
The first "data labeling" for AI can be traced back to the 1960s when researchers manually labeled images of faces to train early facial recognition systems, long before computers could even process images in color! #AI #Datalabeling #DataAnnotation
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Kenya’s High Court has ordered Worldcoin to delete all biometric data collected in the country. A win for data privacy—but what does it mean for the rest of us working in the AI pipeline?

#Worldcoin #DataPrivacy #DeleteMyData
May 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Celebrating the hands behind AI this Labour Day in Kenya. Data labelers—the invisible architects—deserve fair pay, mental health support, and real recognition. Join the movement with the Data Labelers Association. #LabourDay #InvisibleArchitects #FairWorkAI
May 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Shoutout to Mercy Mutemi for the big up on DLA! We truly appreciate the recognition and continued support in pushing for fair and dignified digital work. Let’s keep the momentum going!
#DLA #FairWork #DigitalJustice #OnlineWorkMatters
April 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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"What happens is when we start to push back, in terms of protections of workers, a lot of these companies…they shut down and they move to a neighboring country."
-Nerima Wako-Ojiwa from Siasa Place
www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-work...
Kenyan workers with AI jobs thought they had tickets to the future until the grim reality set in
Training AI takes a heavy toll on Kenyan workers, who say they earned $2 an hour to label and sift through gruesome content for American companies.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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Honored to attend @SiasaPlace’s 10th anniversary! 🎂 Seeing youth-driven civic-tech innovations and hearing passionate leaders in action was truly inspiring. Here’s to another decade of empowering young voices! #SPat10 #CivicTech #DataForGood
April 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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AI is evolving at breakneck speed, but what’s fueling this rapid progress? Massive datasets, powerful computing, and advanced algorithms are key. Yet, none of it works without high-quality labeled data, meticulously prepared by data annotators who remain the unsung heroes of AI development.
March 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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tnewmsblues.bsky.social
“As AI has been integrated into workplaces, early evidence suggests a paradox: instead of reducing workloads, many AI-equipped employees are busier than ever… employees in AI-exposed occupations are working longer hours and spending less time on socialisation and leisure.”
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As AI’s power grows, so does our workday
Technological progress is typically expected to lighten the burden of work. But as artificial intelligence has been integrated into workplaces, early evidence suggests a paradox: instead of reducing workloads, many AI-equipped employees are busier than ever. This column examines the relationship between AI exposure, the length of the workday, time allocation, and worker satisfaction. Though AI-driven automation and delegation allow workers to complete the same tasks more efficiently, the authors find that employees in AI-exposed occupations are working longer hours and spending less time on socialisation and leisure.
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March 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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If well-executed, Kenya’s AI Strategy 2025-2030 could position the country as a leader in AI innovation in Africa. Success will depend on strong execution, investment, and collaboration to ensure the strategy remains actionable, inclusive, and adaptable to emerging AI advancements.
March 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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AI is moving fast, but regulations are struggling to keep up. The lack of clear policies makes it hard for developers to know what’s legal today vs. banned tomorrow. We need global AI standards ASAP!
March 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Introducing the Data Labelers Association! 🎉 We’re here to advocate, empower, and support data labelers in Kenya. From fair wages to better working conditions, we’re building a stronger community for all AI annotation professionals. Join us in shaping the future of data work!
March 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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“The workers power all these technological advancements, but they’re paid peanuts and not even recognised”

Congrats to @datalabelers.bsky.social on its launch this week!
computerweekly.bsky.social computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · Feb 15
A group of Kenyan data workers whose labour provides the ‘backbone’ of modern artificial intelligence systems set up the Data Labelers Association to improve their working conditions and raise awareness about the challenges they face....
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February 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM