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Queer Representation in Dating Apps Tinder and HER | Articles

Our research focused on queer people’s experiences on the online dating applications Tinder and HER. We were looking to understand how these dating apps contributed to reinforcing heterosexual cisgender norms and discriminations against queer minorities.

The Brussels Appeal : Proposal from the Forum on Alternatives to Uberisation | Articles

Following the fourth Transnational Alternatives to Uberisation forum, which took place 21-22 February 2024, some of the participant organisations of the platform workers’ movement have…

Ausgetindert : Warum Datingapps nicht mehr cool sind | Articles

Die Generation Z schreibt die Regeln des Online-Datings neu. Die Devise lautet: Qualität statt Quantität.

Gig Economy Project – Uber, drivers and data: Can workers build data power? | Articles

Can workers access their data and use it to build their power? The Gig Economy Project looks at a fascinating case study from Geneva, Switzerland, to find out…

Gig Economy Project – Brussels: Taxis and gig workers say no to “Uberisation” in Europe | Articles

The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling us to provide analysis, updates, ideas, and reports from all across Europe…

AppCensus Blog Proximity Tracing in an Ecosystem of Surveillance Capitalism | Articles

There are billions of smartphones around the world and many are close to their owners at all times. For this reason, they have been recruited to help with contact tracing…

Proximity Tracing in an Ecosystem of Surveillance Capitalism | Articles

Proximity tracing apps have been proposed as an aide in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. Some of those apps leverage attenuation of Bluetooth beacons from mobile devices…

The pandemic, contact tracing and cargo cults | Articles

What does science tell us about SARS-CoV-2 transmission? Most of us believe that each infected person infects two or three others. But this is plainly wrong…

SwissCovid: a critical analysis of risk assessment by Swiss authorities  par Paul-Olivier Dehaye et Joel Reardon | Articles

Ahead of the rollout of the SwissCovid contact tracing app, an officialpublic security test was performed. During this audit, Prof. Serge Vaude-nay and Dr. Martin Vuagnoux described a large…

“Social contouring, data anthropology and ethics, a project led by Jessica Pidoux | Articles

A non-profit project based on a sociological study, from questionnaires and tested with computational models…