📢Thrilled to finally introduce ✨the Data Workers' Inquiry ✨our 15 community researchers ✨and the repository! This is a long thread and a reminder to join an event that will challenge what you know about data work: data-workers.org/events/ July 8, 5 pm CET/11 am EST, 1/x🧵👇

24/x In Syria, Yasser Al Rayes works as a data annotator while studying computer science. He is passionate about technology and eager to apply a blend of academic knowledge and project experience in the tech industry.

25/x Yasser’s vlog highlights the inadequate training of data workers in Syria and their resulting personal struggles. It advocates for fair, structured, and honest training processes to empower and prepare workers for the job. Watch the video here: data-workers.org/yasser/

In the past 24 hours, Israel has bombed not just Gaza but also several cities in Lebanon and the capital of Syria. But I bet if these countries bomb Tel Aviv, the media will present it as a completely unprovoked, barbaric act. #DoubleStandards

The next panel in the ✨Data Workers' Inquiry✨talk series is just one week away! 📢@Wshitawa, Roukaya Al Hammada, Yasser Al Rayes, Krystal Kauffman and Adio_D will discuss what precarity looks like for data workers. 🗓️Join us on July 22! Register here: tickets.weizenbaum-institut.de/dataworkers2/

📢 Don’t miss the next panel in the #dataworkers Inquiry series with @Wshitawa, Roukaya Al Hammada, Yasser Al Rayes, Krystal Kauffman, and Adio_D, who will discuss what precarity looks like for data workers. 📅 When: 22 July, 17:00-18:30 ✅Register here tickets.weizenbaum-institut.de/dataworkers2/

🔈🔈🔈This Monday July 22nd @ 5pm CET/8am PDT is the next Data Workers’ Inquiry event: a panel with Yasser Al Rayes, Roukaya Al Hammada, Wilington Shitawa (@Wshitawa) Adio_D moderated by Krystal Kauffman discussing precarity for data workers. Sign up at data-workers.org/events🧵

YouTube restricted our new song, "My Name Is Gaza" in some countries. Pls support it on YouTube. 🤲 Youtube, Gazze ile ilgili yeni şarkımızı bazı ülkelerde sınırlandırdı. Destek lütfen. 🤲 👇👇 youtu.be/RyyC8-mj6FY?si…

The second panel of the Data Workers' Inquiry last night was fantastic! Thank you Yasser Alrayes, Roukaya Alhammada, Wilington Shitawa and Adio-Adet Dinika for those insights into #datawork Missed it? Watch the recording: twitch.tv/dair_institute Projects: data-workers.org

On September 9, I'll have the pleasure of speaking at the next Data Workers' Inquiry panel alongside Fasica Berhane #StopTigrayFamine, Yasser Al Rayes, and Adrienne Williams. We'll discuss data workers' training and the instructions they receive. ➡️Register here: tinyurl.com/data-workers-i…

Yasser Al Rayes Yasser Al Rayes, a data annotator from Syria, will present his work for the Data Workers Inquiry, highlighting the inadequate training of data workers and their resulting personal struggles. Watch his vlog here: peertube.dair-institute.org/w/6dTqBXiFQzCH…

Imagine submitting a project after 10 hours of work only to be told that you have to redo it, and the reason being unclear instructions, or lack of training. Join us as Milagros Miceli hosts Fasica Berhane #StopTigrayFamine Yasser Al Rayes Adrienne Williams and Laurenz to discuss this issue

Data Workers Inquiry Talk series: Hidden truth about data AI training We marvel at AI, but do we know what it really takes to train AI systems? Spoiler: It's not machines. It's humans. And next week, we're asking the crucial question: What training do the the trainers get? 🤔1/7

To really dissect this topic, we have speakers from the trenches spanning several countries; Milagros Miceli Adrienne Williams Yasser Al Rayes Fasica Berhane #StopTigrayFamine and Laurenz Sachenbacher. They have seen it all, and now they are spilling the beans 5/7

.Yasser Al Rayes works as a data annotator while studying computer science. ➡️His vlog highlights the inadequate training of data workers in Syria & advocates for fair, structured & honest training processes to empower and prepare workers for the job: data-workers.org/yasser/

This Monday, Yasser Al Rayes, a Syrian data worker and community researcher with Data Workers' Inquiry, will discuss how task instructions and unpaid training often fail to address ambiguity in data. RSVP to attend: tinyurl.com/data-workers-i… Learn more: data-workers.org/yasser/