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Are You a Digital Serf? The Gig Economy's Hidden Cage Exposed (EU Study)

You think you're free, but the gig economy is actually a digital cage. This video, based on the EU-funded COGENTS Project, reveals how algorithms track your every move, from pricing to punishment, turning your 'freedom' into a trap. We explore the shocking reality of platform work, the legal loopholes that protect tech giants, and how movements in Spain and across Europe are fighting back. Discover why your 4.4-star rating could destroy your livelihood, how unions are using code to fight code, and what the future holds for 43 million invisible workers. This is a survival guide for the algorithmic era, based on research from top legal scholars across 17 countries. Author: COGENTS Project (European Union research consortium).