African Data Labour Rights: Gig Workers, Military AI, and the Informed Consent Gap
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African gig workers annotating data for military AI face an informed consent gap.
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African Data Labour Rights: Gig Workers, Military AI, and the Informed Consent Gap
African gig workers annotating data for military AI face an informed consent gap. BETAR examines the labour rights crisis at the intersection of AI and data work in Africa.
Africa’s $2B Chinese AI Surveillance Spend: 11 Countries, Zero Legal Oversight
African governments have spent more than $2 billion on Chinese AI-powered surveillance infrastructure across 11 countries with no legal framework governing how the data is collected, stored, or used.
Africa’s $2B Chinese AI Surveillance Spend: 11 Countries, Zero Legal Oversight
African governments have spent more than $2 billion on Chinese AI-powered surveillance infrastructure across 11 countries — facial recognition, predictive policing, smart city systems — with no legal framework governing how the data is collected, stored, or used.
