Store CCTV, AI-augmented video surveillance and facial recognition are multiplying in the workplace. These new forms of CCTV transform production relations in dozens of companies and increase the pressure on employees everywhere.
In this three-part investigation, journalist Clem Pouré explores the still little-documented impact of these new technologies from the click industry in Madagascar to the use of facial recognition in the platform industry in France. And tells how these new technologies hit the most precarious workers above all.
Caption: Multiple surveillance cameras attached to a tall metal pole. Image by Jannissimo/Shutterstock. 2025.
