Daniel Motaung

NEW CASE: Foxglove supports Facebook content moderator sacked for leading workers to form a trade union in Kenya

Imagine spending all day dealing with the world’s worst violent Facebook posts on as little as $1.50 a day. Now imagine you do this for a company that calls itself an ‘ethical AI’ firm – and that they fire people who stand up and complain.

Fear Of The Brown Envelope

No government algorithm should decide who eats and who goes hungry – we step up challenge to the DWP’s secret benefit probes algorithm

Disabled people in Manchester threaten legal action over an algorithm that forces them into call centre “doom loops” to access vital cash.

Area of work: Challenging unfair algorithms, The Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People vs The Department for Work and Pensions
Johnson Exploding Messages

We ask government for urgent explanation over deleting sensitive Number 10 WhatsApp messages

If bosses told staff to delete WhatsApp party messages then the government has behaved unlawfully – and they are in a world of legal trouble.

Area of work: Foxglove & The Citizens vs The Cabinet Office, Challenging government by WhatsApp
The Breakers Roar Spencer Darr

The Breakers Roar: A Facebook Content Moderator’s Regret

“It’s digital, but it’s real life.” Former Facebook content moderator Spencer Darr looks back on years of sifting through hellish content in a Texas officer tower.

2021 wrapped

It’s been a strange and difficult year. Here’s some struggles and successes from Foxglove, looking back on 2021.
DWP secret algorithm

NEW CASE: secret algorithm targets disabled people unfairly for benefit probes – cutting off life-saving cash and trapping them in call centre hell

We are supporting the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People to bring a legal challenge against disabled people being forced into gruelling and invasive benefit fraud investigations on the say-so of a secret algorithm.

Area of work: Challenging unfair algorithms, The Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People vs The Department for Work and Pensions

Facebook content moderators: taking the struggle to the streets of Washington DC

Facebook pays Accenture $50 for every hour a content moderator works. The moderators themselves only see a fraction of that.
Johnson Exploding Messages

It’s official – Government by WhatsApp is going to court

With our partners, the Citizens, we’ve won formal permission to proceed to a full judicial review. The government will now have to answer for its shambolic WhatsApp policies in court.

Area of work: Foxglove & The Citizens vs The Cabinet Office, Challenging government by WhatsApp