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Silicon Valley's Online Slave Market
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Silicon Valley's Online Slave Market

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Domestic workers in Kuwait, where up to 90% of households employ live-in help, describe being bought and sold through phone apps built by American tech companies. A 2015 law promised these workers new protections, including a weekly day off, but the film follows investigators and former maids who show how the kafala sponsorship system still lets employers confiscate passports, withhold wages, and list workers for sale online like used furniture. Hidden-camera footage and interviews trace listings back to apps hosted on Google and Apple platforms, raising the question of how Silicon Valley companies became distribution points for what workers and advocates call modern slavery. The film follows the paper trail from a phone screen in California to a locked room in Kuwait City, putting corporate accountability and labor exploitation in the same frame rather than treating them as separate stories.