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The technology powering many apps and services seems automatic. But anthropologist Mary L. Gray explains how there are millions of hidden workers behind the screen who are key to making it all work.
You do not see them, but they are there: hundreds of thousands of people sitting at keyboards for hours on end to keep online services humming along seamlessly. It can seem like the Internet operates entirely automatically, but it does not. Humans are often hidden behind the scenes, working in real time to verify your identity, flag hate speech or caption videos.
The market for on-demand, digital tasks is estimated by the World Bank to be worth US$25 billion, with Facebook’s Meta Platforms Inc, Amazon Inc and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube some of the biggest buyers. Over the years they have collected