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Digital labour platforms create new opportunities for income. But "algorithmic insecurity" is real, and threatens workers in new sectors, write Hannah J. Dawson and Ruth Castel-Branco.
Digital platform work is often seen to suit workers’ skills, interests and schedules. But it comes at a cost to their economic security and control over the work process.