Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor Exploitation

Forced to scam others worldwide, now held in detention on the Myanmar border (apnews.com)
In former scam compounds across southeastern Myanmar thousands of freed workers are stuck in limbo. Rescued from their previous lives as cyber scammers, many are now waiting to be repatriated.
Cybercrime, Myanmar, Human Trafficking, Labor Exploitation
36 points by petethomas 48 days ago | 0 comments
Africans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones (apnews.com)
Africans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones for use in Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine, Labor Exploitation, Africa, War
8 points by paulcarroty 198 days ago | 0 comments
Undercover as a Farm Worker in Germany (theguardian.com)
Who keeps Europe’s wealthy west going? Underpaid, invisible migrants from its east – and I went undercover to find them
Underpaid Workers, Labor Exploitation, Immigration, Europe, Germany
4 points by FrojoS 219 days ago | 0 comments
121M seized from Amazon: tax fraud and labour exploitation (yahoo.com)
Amazon, Tax Fraud, Labor Exploitation
17 points by vitto_gioda 276 days ago | 2 comments
Unbearable hours, threats of being fired: The abuse of migrant interns in Japan (france24.com)
Labor Exploitation, Migrant Workers, Japan, Internship Programs
83 points by mouzogu 351 days ago | 62 comments