Bot Populi

@PopuliBot

An alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective.

Joined June 2019

Bot Populi
@PopuliBot
Aug 13
Has capitalism really given way to “technofeudalism”? Looking beyond the dominant narratives from the Global North, our latest article examines how digital platforms are embedded in longer histories of imperialism, unequal exchange, labor exploitation, and data extraction.
Bot Populi
@PopuliBot
Jul 25
Can platform work finally be counted as real work? In June 2026, the International Labour Organisation adopted Convention 193, the first binding international labor standard for the platform economy.
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Jul 23
Fresh off the press for 'Knowledge Futures' on Bot Populi. A series that asks what it means to govern Artificial Intelligence for the cultural commons beyond intellectual property.
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Jun 23
For the past few years, Bot Populi has been tracking a question that is becoming impossible to ignore: How has trade increasingly become the site where digital governance is contested?
Bot Populi
@PopuliBot
Jun 19
When gig workers’ accounts are “deactivated,” platforms often point to the algorithm. But algorithms don’t fire workers — employers do.