%e2%80%9calgorithmic Sabotage%e2%80%9d [portable]

Workers and activists employ a variety of technical and behavioral methods to "add friction" to the system. Autonomy and Algorithmic Control in the Global Gig Economy 8 Aug 2018 —

Commonly seen in delivery and ride-sharing apps, workers may coordinate to go offline simultaneously. This creates a "forced" surge in pricing or triggers a change in the algorithm’s distribution logic, giving workers more leverage over their working conditions. %E2%80%9Calgorithmic sabotage%E2%80%9D

While the term might sound like the plot of a cyberpunk thriller, it is a very real, increasingly common phenomenon. It refers to the deliberate act of feeding "bad" data into a system or manipulating its inputs to disrupt, confuse, or bypass its intended logic. Workers and activists employ a variety of technical