‘Trust and safety’: exchange, protection and the digital market–fortress in platform capitalism

IF 3.2 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Socio-Economic Review Pub Date : 2023-02-11 DOI:10.1093/ser/mwad003

Graham Denyer Willis

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Abstract

As a space of exchange that transcends historic jurisdictions, the Internet lacks a dominant security provider. This research examines how and why firms in platform capitalism have developed their own method and means of protection. ‘Trust and Safety’ (T&S) is a novel division of labour that has become nearly ubiquitous in the industry, encompassing many of the concerns raised about the influence of technology on politics, society and economy. The making of capitalist exchange online requires a similarly discrete making of protection beyond the state. T&S work ensures that interaction and exchange are sheltered, doing so by curating trust between atomized individuals, and asserting what belongs and what does not. T&S’ centrality to platform capitalism can be explained—in part—by Weber’s notion of the city as market–fortress; a spatialized condition of exchange protection that is foundational for fastening capitalism together and seeking to make it, and inequality, inevitable.

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“信任与安全”:平台资本主义中的交换、保护与数字市场堡垒

作为一个超越历史管辖范围的交换空间，互联网缺乏一个占主导地位的安全提供商。这项研究考察了平台资本主义中的公司是如何以及为什么发展出自己的保护方法和手段的“信任与安全”（T&S）是一种新颖的分工，在行业中几乎无处不在，涵盖了人们对技术对政治、社会和经济影响的许多担忧。资本主义的网上交易需要在国家之外进行类似的离散保护。科技工作确保互动和交流得到保护，通过管理原子化个体之间的信任，并断言什么属于什么不属于。T&S在平台资本主义中的中心地位可以部分解释为韦伯将城市视为市场堡垒的概念；交换保护的空间化条件，是将资本主义团结在一起并寻求使其和不平等不可避免的基础。

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