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Teenagers being paid with gift cards are absolutely not plausibly considered "contractors".


That depends on whether they entered into a contract, doesn't it?

And technically, entering a contract doesn't even require a signature – just a "meeting of the minds" to exchange considerations of value, like "my data" or "cash value gift cards". (And, these programs may have included actual signed agreements – I haven't seen strong reporting either way on that.)




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