Accountability
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The experience of digitalization in India has escalated impunity
80% confidenceAn Uber driver questioned why his data is kept secret from him for his privacy when he uses his own money, car, fuel, insurance, time, and risk
80% confidenceIndia's gig worker laws have achieved access to data that laws in other countries haven't operationalized yet
80% confidencePower operates through the way information is disseminated or hidden
80% confidenceIndia's RTI law has unique feature requiring bureaucrats to pay fines from their own pocket for every day of delay in providing information
80% confidenceThere is nothing better than a social relationship and nothing worse than being marked dead because you're merely a digit
80% confidenceEveryone claims they are accountable—even dictators—but the question is accountable to whom
80% confidenceGig economy platforms control workers through algorithms designed for profit maximization while claiming altruistic purpose
80% confidenceAadhaar was claimed to be not mandatory but without it nobody could get welfare benefits essential for survival
80% confidenceMore than a hundred people in India have been killed pursuing freedom of information requests
80% confidenceTwo million pensioners in Rajasthan had pensions stopped because they were unable to verify through biometric system as being alive
80% confidenceAccess to platform algorithms and data is more powerful than winning specific wages or social security because it provides access to how power is being dispensed
80% confidence
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