This is your chance to WIN #20,000 in our first season of Modern Day Work Slavery Essay Competition which would feature writers at different levels, amateurs to pro-level writers, or just about anyone who has passion to share their thoughts on the subject of Modern Slavery.

What's the aim of this Modern Day Work Slavery Essay Writing Competition?

Recently HERE we announced that we would be covering stories about people who are experiencing one form of work slavery or the other - In that introductory article, we shared some alarming figures of just about how many humans are experiencing work slavery even in this our modern times. This includes women, men, children and people of different age brackets! It's really alarming.

This kind of slavery isn't peculiar to a certain race, tribe or region of the earth - It is a global problem that requires collective effort to curb, both in the private and public sectors.

To further push this message, and to make this a global movement, something worth talking about on all mainstream/non-mainstream media platforms, we've decided to give everyone a chance, especially those who are skilled with the gift of writing, to ink their words on digital screens across billons of devices worldwide, sharing what they know or think about Modern Day Work Slavery and how it is affecting people's interpersonal relationships & wellbeing.

The negativity of this kind of slavery is as worse as knotting people together in chains and shipping them like rams across oceans just to force them to do the jobs you wouldn't want to do by yourself. To us, slavery is slavery, whether it has "Modern" as the intro phrase. It is depressing, it kills ones self -esteem and it can lead to numerous chaos in our world today.



- How To Submit Your Entry -

The process is pretty straight forward - All you have to do is write your essay (word length is 1000-2000 words) and submit it as comment under the publication on the World Kustomers website here https://www.worldkustomers.org/2023/09/season1-world-work-slavery-essay.html . Invite friends, family member, fans and well wishers to vote for your write-up by directly replying to your comment with the word "upvote" this would help boost your chances of winning the price and being recognized as the most creative writer for this season.

Remember to include your full-name, regularly used email address and the last 5 digits of your whatsapp phone number (if available) at the bottom of your article, this would help us verify your authenticity when reaching out to you, should in case you win.



- Prize & Recognition -

Because we're currently singlehandedly sponsoring this first season of #WWSEC 2023, the prize is #20,000. Your piece would be used to talk about Modern Day Work Slavery throughout the year 2023-2024 period, pending till a new winner emerges - The grand prize could/would increase if we had/have more sponsors who would buy into this vision, but pending till then, we promise this would still be worth your time and we encourage that you shoot your best shot.

jflower06:
Are you a perfectionist?

Yeah, kind of.

gaius01:


Three things;

1. You might be doing too much, trying to be good and nice.

2. Your partners might feel guilty when they see how good and safe harm you are and they might not be reciprocating such kind if gesture.

3. You might need to pray and find the root of the problem.

Thank you so much for.

Kingosytex:


At the bolded, rejoice brother. You set your bar so high, don't settle for mediocrity
On a serious note, have you checked your attitude?
Are you domineering?

I'm not sure i have that domineering attitude, because i try as much as possible to make sure my woman has a freewill around me.

gaius01:
Arrrrrrrh

I am curious to know, how do you treat a woman? I mean how do you express your love to a woman?

I do my best, Outing, I buy gifts, I try as much as I can to care for their needs, even extending it to the family and friends too. So I don't know what else to do.

Good day guys, I really don't understand what's happening to my love life.

So, I don't know whether to call it a problem or is that I've been meeting the wrong people?

Whenever I meet a lady, they seem to like me a lot, especially for the first few months or one year, or thereabout - But as time goes on, They always tell me that they feel inferior to me. That they don't deserve me!

I still don't get it - Note that I've tried severally to make them understand that I don't see them the way they think they're - But they keep telling me that i'm way above their level or standard - That they just don't match up with me in anyway.

My marriage of 3 years has equally crashed because of this - To me, I see myself as just an average guy who lives a simple life, but to them, even my simplicity is too sophisticated for them. Yes, I have connections, I have people as friends at different levels - But I always make sure that I place a great value on whoever I'm dating, but this issue keeps repeating itself.

The only times I didn't experience this was when I dated a philippine girl, a South African single mom, and one time that I dated an American lady who was equally a single mom - But any Nigerian lady that i've ever been involved with, has always told me that I'm way above their league.

The most painful one is my marriage that crashed, I really don't know what to do, I didn't dream of being a single dad or that my child be raised outside marriage.

Please kindly share your advice, thanks!

Is Your Personal Information Really Safe?
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What are the five most used digital services on your device? What phone do you use? Ponder deeply on the answers you gave yourself. You'd get to see that most of the digital services and platforms we use are owned by big tech companies.


What do we mean by big tech companies? These are influential tech companies that are very prosperous and have a large number of users. They're usually referred to as the Big Five which are: Alphabet Inc (Google LLC), Apple Inc, Meta Inc, Microsoft and Amazon.

Away from these five companies, big tech companies include lots of other influential technology companies that have gained global relevance and reputation over time.


We can't deny the fact that these companies have so influenced our digital lives that a huge percentage of our digital activities are done using their services. By digital services, we mean those thingsstuff we do using gadgets, both offline and online.


As a result of this over dependance on Big Tech Companies, our data is with them. In this article, we'd be exploring why our data is with them and what we stand to possibly gain or lose by having our data with them and other digital services.



Data For Free Services.

There's a maxim that says, 'If a platform is free, you're the product'.


These big tech companies are into business, and the expected outcome of the business is making money, but if we observe carefully, we'd see that the majority of them are into offering free services, except for a few of their services.


For instance, using Google search is free and there's no sign of it being made into a premium membership service, same with Facebook itself. As a matter of fact, most of Google's services are free with flexible premium membership.

These giants have been in the tech space so long and they obviously don't lose all the time, so how do they make money off their free services? The answer should be obvious to you by now – The users are the products.


Data Collection: they collect What type of Data

No, technically they can't sell us, so what then do they sell? For every person who uses their services, they create an imaginary personality for that person, that personality can be known as ‘User Avatar’ it encompasses a whole lot of data about each user, from their DOB, name, password, addresses, pictures, down to user behaviour, everything you do on their platform is observed including all your search history. This is not limited to software alone, hardwares like phones are also tracked, your app behaviour and preferences, every download you make, the type of phone you use and the files that are stored on them. etc.


It is all of these that these platforms use in making money, how they do it will be discussed later in this article.


From this, you can see that every single action you take, every data you give out, all of them are stored and mapped into a digital version of you; your avatar. Your avatar is made for the sake of your data being ordered so as to ensure effective usage.



Why Collect Our Data?

Aside from giving you a free platform and service and still make money off it, why do they collect our data?


They do it for your sake. To ensure that the service is enjoyable as it is, your data needs to be collected. Remember that time you searched for a term on Google only for you to come to Facebook and a group about that term is suggested to you? The reason we keep using their platform is because they use our stored data to optimise their services for us. The automations, the ability to track lost phones, go back in time, find things that interest us and all those conveniences we enjoy is because there's a database with trillions of bits of data working for us. Without this collected data, we can't enjoy all we enjoy in this digital era.

Softwares are trained with this data to anticipate what we might do next and help us out with it through the use of suggestions.


Phase Of Data Utilisation.

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Before advertisements moved to the digital space, during the era of traditional advertising, people saw ads as boring and uninviting. It still happens today in TVs, billboards and Radio stations, but with the utilisation of user data, ads are now personalised. You will agree that you get ads that tally with your interests. This is because algorithms have been trained to suggest to you stuff you may find interesting judging from your stored data.

This is where Big Tech Companies come in, they're the largest collectors of data, they are the biggest collectors of data which they either sell to smaller tech companies or they leverage on to show monetised and personalised ads to you on their platform.


Today, Meta Inc and Google LLC are among the best places to run ads on. Their large user base allows them to have the information of millions of people.


As funny as this may be, these Big Tech Companies also collaborate among themselves to share data, for instance your data on Amazon can be shared with Meta and vice versa.


Improvements.

These data are also used to track current user analytics in comparison to past ones. If users are now getting uninterested in a particular platform, the analytics will make them aware of it and from this data, they can accurately predict the reason and make readjustments by releasing new features.

Social Media algorithms are a good example of this. Any social media post that generates little interest which is marked by likes, comments, shares, etc will not be displayed on the feed of many people, and those posts that keep people pausing and engaging will keep being displayed to others.


User Privacy: How Safe is our Data?

Is it really ethical for these big tech companies to keep and use our data? Technically, yes. By using their services, you're consenting to allow them to use all the data about you that they need to function. It is in their data, privacy and cookie policy and also in their terms and conditions.

As long as you've accepted those agreements, you've given them the right to use it.


Now, to the question of the safety of our data, how are these data stored? The most sensitive data like passwords, exif data(data from the pictures we upload) is encrypted during transmission and storage while the rest, though not encrypted, is stored in a secure database.


Your data is not accessible to their staff and only very few people are allowed access to the database, and of course, they sign legally binding contracts. Be rest assured that your data is safe as long as it's a legitimate platform.


Recently, there have been growing concerns from users of the Big Five on what they do with their data, as it seems that these platforms aren't exactly transparent with what they do with our data. They won't tell you straight up what happens to your data, but the signs are too obvious.


Among the privacy concerns is that of sharing user data with government and Military organisations, but these big tech companies just like every other accusations, have repeatedly denied it.


The biggest collector among them, Google has faced the highest amount of accusations regarding user data. There's literally a Google service for anything you want. One of the accusations against them which gained widespread reputation is that of secretly listening to android users through Google Assistant well, who knows?


In conclusion, big tech companies have really done a lot for us, even with the collection of our data, we owe a lot to them, especially to the ease of doing business, and this is fuelled by our data. From the collection to the usage, the job is okay and deserves an excellent check. They still have a lot to adjust, like permitting users to be very specific about the type of data they want to share and when to delete these data from their databases, they've actually been making progress in the area of allowing users being specific about their shared data, but just like the Giants they are, more is still expected from them.


On the part of every user, try as much as you can to read and understand the terms and conditions of any service before using, especially if you're very conscious of your data.

To everyone who still do not believe that it's legit, kindly look at this link https://teachforall.org/our-network#nav-list-view

We Think NCC Should Review What The Standard Charges Should be for Internet Data
The number of mobile network customers who are complaining about the alarming rate at which internet data is being drained by their mno's keeps going up daily.

And while these mno's will argue or try to justify this data drain by saying it is based on the subscribers traffic or usage preferences, many customers will definitely disagree with that defensive argument or claims by the mno's.

We (Kustomers) really think there is not enough transparency from the part of the providers. Plus, we also think that the cost of internet data is a bit on the high side, considering the sluggish speed that is distributed in return.

While we can't make a comparison yet with European plans, since we're yet to adopt that operational model here in Nigeria, but things could still be better, especially now that more people in this part of the world are equally switching to remote work, there is need for speed and efficiency.

At this point, we are not quite sure whether mno's are really being closely monitored to determine how much they're charging per kilobyte or megabyte. We are simply suggesting that the NCC should bring this to the board and thoroughly review what the standard charges should be. This way, customers can indeed keep track of their data spending, even if they're to stream live videos or watch pre-recorded programs on a 10-50mbps internet connection they'll have an idea of what's consuming the most data.

To digress a little, let's touch on the issue of internet speed, it is understandable that location can play a key role on how fast your connection could be, other factors could be bad weather and other underlying factors that are not profoundly noted by subscribers - however, another important aspect of this report that we'd suggest that NCC should look into is the speed delivery of these providers, are they really delivering on their promise even when a customer is located in a very good receptive area?

Even if we're to go by the "FUP" terms, it is still not so clear whether customers are enjoying what they're paying for, with so many sophisticated devices made available, equipped with the latest chips for optimum performance, yet customers seem to be getting a 90's internet connection speed in the 4G/5G era, in most locations.

More details on www.worldkustomers.org

We Think NCC Should Review What The Standard Charges Should be for Internet Data
The number of mobile network customers who are complaining about the alarming rate at which internet data is being drained by their mno's keeps going up daily.

And while these mno's will argue or try to justify this data drain by saying it is based on the subscribers traffic or usage preferences, many customers will definitely disagree with that defensive argument or claims by the mno's.

We (Kustomers) really think there is not enough transparency from the part of the providers. Plus, we also think that the cost of internet data is a bit on the high side, considering the sluggish speed that is distributed in return.

While we can't make a comparison yet with European plans, since we're yet to adopt that operational model here in Nigeria, but things could still be better, especially now that more people in this part of the world are equally switching to remote work, there is need for speed and efficiency.

At this point, we are not quite sure whether mno's are really being closely monitored to determine how much they're charging per kilobyte or megabyte. We are simply suggesting that the NCC should bring this to the board and thoroughly review what the standard charges should be. This way, customers can indeed keep track of their data spending, even if they're to stream live videos or watch pre-recorded programs on a 10-50mbps internet connection they'll have an idea of what's consuming the most data.

To digress a little, let's touch on the issue of internet speed, it is understandable that location can play a key role on how fast your connection could be, other factors could be bad weather and other underlying factors that are not profoundly noted by subscribers - however, another important aspect of this report that we'd suggest that NCC should look into is the speed delivery of these providers, are they really delivering on their promise even when a customer is located in a very good receptive area?

Even if we're to go by the "FUP" terms, it is still not so clear whether customers are enjoying what they're paying for, with so many sophisticated devices made available, equipped with the latest chips for optimum performance, yet customers seem to be getting a 90's internet connection speed in the 4G/5G era, in most locations.

More details on www.worldkustomers.org