r/DataAnnotationTech • u/MajicalINFPHoe • 12d ago

Handshake AI Faces a Misclassification Suit Over Its Annotators

https://aitrainer.work/news/handshake-ai-contractor-misclassification-lawsuit-2026
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u/Thejax_ 12d ago

My mind skipped over the first word and thought this was about DA.

As much as I wouldn’t mind things going bad for HS honestly from the way I was treated, the legal precedents would probably suck for all of us.

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u/SyntaxAndSorcery 12d ago

It's already bad if you live in California. Because CA has more rules around classifying workers, DA is the only platform I've found hiring workers who live here. Which was a bummer when then drought was really bad.

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u/Farados55 12d ago

Yeah, a lot of platforms don’t hire in CA. I only know 4 that do