Archive for April 2020
New report finds gig economy companies must do more to protect workers during COVID-19
The report, which looks at the responses of 120 platforms across 23 countries to the COVID-19 pandemic, assesses platforms against the methods they have used to protect their workers during this global health crisis. While some ride-hailing companies like Bolt (South Africa) and Grab (Philippines) had put in place measures such as plastic barriers between drivers and passengers, only five platforms of…
Read MoreWeizenbaum-Institut beteiligt sich an Datenstrategie der Bundesregierung. Stellungnahme für eine am Gemeinwohl orientierte Datenpolitik
Hier geht es zur Stellungnahme.
Read MoreDigital utopias for the year 2040
Berlin, 8 April 2020 – What will our digital society look like in 2040? How will we live and love, how will we teach and work, and how will our legal system change? Researchers from 10 countries took a look into the future as part of the “twentyforty” project. The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for…
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