Technology and Labor Trafficking in a Network Society: General Overview, Emerging Innovations, and Philippines Case Study
Technology and Labor Trafficking in a Network Society: General Overview, Emerging Innovations, and Philippines Case Study
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网络社会中的技术和劳动力贩运：概述、新兴创新和菲律宾案例研究
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2015
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Meredith Dank
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Mark Latonero;Bronwyn Wex;Meredith Dank
这份研究报告是第一份调查技术和劳动力贩运之间关系的报告。新的信息和通信技术（ICT）已成为支撑21世纪劳动力贩运的网络的一个组成部分。然而，关于技术在加剧或解决孤立、欺诈、武力和/或胁迫方面的影响的研究很少，这些往往是贩运案件的核心。无论是在国内还是跨国界，都缺乏关于技术与劳动力贩运之间关系的循证研究。为了有效地干预劳动力贩运，技术的影响需要由政策制定者、政府、非政府组织、研究人员和私营部门共同发挥作用。在全世界，社交媒体、移动的设备和互联网等技术的快速传播正在以前所未有的规模影响社会、经济和政治生活。我们生活在一个“网络社会”中，技术和信息流动是全球社会变革的关键力量。网络视角有助于我们以一种新的方式审视劳动力贩运--不仅是一个经济、监管或法律的问题，而且是一个由连接行为者网络的技术驱动的问题。该项目发现，技术为围绕劳动力贩运的一系列积极和消极的社会互动提供了重要的基础设施。菲律宾的案例研究展示了个人如何将技术融入信任体系，例如，上网搜索有关工作、雇主和招聘人员的信息。然而，新技术的采用可能会产生意想不到的脆弱点和新的信息差距。在肆无忌惮的网上招聘中，贩运者能够通过更容易获得或控制信息，利用求职者的脆弱性。当雇主没收移动的电话或限制上网时，社会孤立就会加剧。该研究还包括全球供应链中的技术和劳动力贩运以及灾难和危机情况。为政府、非政府组织、学术界和私营部门提供了建议和指导原则。
This research report is the first to investigate the relationship between technology and labor trafficking. New information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become an integral part of the networks that underpin labor trafficking in the 21st Century. Yet little research exists on the impact of technology in exacerbating or addressing the isolation, fraud, force, and/or coercion so often at the heart of trafficking cases. There is a lack of evidence-based research on any relationship between technology and labor trafficking either within or across national borders. To effectively intervene in labor trafficking, the impact of technology needs to be by policy makers, governments, NGOs, researchers, and the private sector.Throughout the world, the rapid diffusion of technologies, such as social media, mobile devices, and the Internet, is impacting social, economic, and political life at an unprecedented scale. We live in a “network society” where technology and the flow of information are crucial forces of global social change. The network perspective helps us examine labor trafficking in a new way – not only as an economic, regulatory, or legal problem but as an issue driven by the technologies connecting networks of actors. This project found that technology provides a crucial infrastructure for an array of both positive and negative social interactions surrounding labor trafficking. The Philippine case study demonstrates how individuals are incorporating technology into systems of trust, for example, going online to search for information about jobs, employers, and recruiters. Yet the adoption of new technologies can produce unexpected points of vulnerability and new gaps in information. In unscrupulous online recruitment, traffickers are able to exploit the vulnerabilities of job seekers through greater access to or control over information. Social isolation is exacerbated when mobile phones are confiscated or online access is restricted by employers. The research also includes technology and labor trafficking in global supply chains and disaster and crisis situations. Recommendations and guiding principles are offered for the government, NGO, academic, and private sectors.