Some drivers in India are finding their accounts permanently blocked. Better transparency of the AI technology could help gig workers.
By Varsha Bansal for MIT Technology Review on December 6, 2022
This example of racist technology in action combines racist facial recognition systems with exploitative working conditions and algorithmic management to produce a perfect example of how technology can exacarbate both economic precarity and racial discrimination.
Continue reading “Racist Technology in Action: Uber’s racially discriminatory facial recognition system firing workers”
ADCU has launched legal action against Uber over the unfair dismissal of a driver and a courier after the company’s facial recognition system failed to identify them.
By James Farrar, Paul Jennings and Yaseen Aslam for The App Drivers and Couriers Union on October 6, 2021
Racial discrimination in dynamic pricing algorithms is neither surprising nor new. VentureBeat writes about another recent study that supports these findings, in the context of dynamic pricing algorithms used by ride-hailing companies such as Uber, Lyft and other apps. Neighbourhoods that were poorer and with larger non-white populations were significantly associated with higher fare prices. A similar issue was discovered in Airbnb’s ‘Smart Pricing’ feature which aims to help hosts secure more bookings. It turned out to be detrimental to black hosts leading to greater social inequality (even if unintentional).
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A preprint study shows ride-hailing services like Uber, Lyft, and Via charge higher prices in certain neighborhoods based on racial and other biases.
By Kyle Wiggers for VentureBeat on June 12, 2020
Just tell me the reason isn’t what I think it is, @Uber
By Adam Bomb for Twitter on August 15, 2021
The Plug and Fast Company looked at what happened to the 3.8 billion dollars that US-based tech companies committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as their response to the Black Lives Matter protests.
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The apps feed a false promise of stability to immigrants and people of color. Instead, drivers receive low pay and no benefits.
By Erica Smiley for The Guardian on October 29, 2020
Surveillance capitalism turns a profit by making people more comfortable with discrimination.
By Chris Gilliard for Real Life on October 15, 2018
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