15/01/2026
Today, we hosted researchers from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (Tamika Daniels, Lehua Tian, Nailah- Bena Chambers and Qianwen Zhao) for a grounded conversation on the often unseen labour behind AI systems.
We focused on the people who review content and label data, many of them women, whose daily work involves prolonged exposure to violence online. When this labour is undervalued, it directly weakens the ability of moderation systems to identify, respond to, and interrupt technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
Effective responses to digital violence do not begin with algorithms alone. They depend on the working conditions of the humans behind the screens.
Conversations about AI innovation cannot be separated from conversations about ethical labour, gender justice, and worker protection.
We are proud to contribute insights from our communities and to amplify the voices of women whose labour sustains these systems.
Every system has a human cost. A safer digital world depends on whether we are willing to see it.
