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- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech🤳 Open phone for one thing. 1h later, you remember it again, after feeling your brain melted by doomscrolling and brainrot. That’s not a personal failure — it’s by design. The EU wants to curb it. Big Tech is #lobbying hard to keep you hooked. 👀 our new report 👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...
- Defend the right to research and protect democracy: act.counterhate.com/page/185208/... #WhatAreTheyHiding
- The EU’s “Digital Omnibus” is being sold as simplification. Analysis shows something else: major changes that tilt the rules toward Big Tech-weakening privacy, AI safeguards, and accountability. corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...
- And yes: the far right is helping push this deregulatory agenda.
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechElon Musk’s X is helping people create indecent images of KIDS. His response to outcry this week? He doesn’t give a f*ck. Imagine his face if millions get the f*ck off of X though. Join millions deleting their accounts. Link in bio to download this poster for free and spread this worldwide.
- @crtl-alt-reclaimfr.bsky.social started out as a small bootcamp in Summer'24 - bringing together young people from around Europe who wanted to do something about the harm that social media was doing to young lives. Now it’s a pan-European movement, see Guardian: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
- Our report with @crtl-alt-reclaimfr.bsky.social shows that young people want to be included in decision making on social media regulation. They want design changes to social media rather than blunt age-bans, and they want investment in European alternatives to the social media giants.
- PeoplevsBigTech & @ctrlaltreclaim’s new report exposes the "silent crisis" of mental health fueled by platform design and how young people are fighting back across Europe. 👇 ctrl-alt-reclaim.webflow.io/reports/youn...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechWir sagen nein zur Deregulierung des Digitalrechts! @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social @wemoveeurope.bsky.social
- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech🚨 Brussels, today 🚨 Ursula! Fight for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros. Today, as the EU caves to pressure from Trump & Big Tech, campaigners in Brussels call on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stand up for Europe and enforce our digital laws ✊#StandUpUrusla
- 🚨 Brussels, today 🚨Ursula! Stand up for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros! As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
- 📣 Over 200,000 people have signed petitions demanding action. @wemoveeurope.bsky.social @avaaz.org ✍️ Add your voice now → StandUpUrsula.com #StandUpUrsula #EU #DataRights #GDPR
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechWe've kicked off #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Livestream the event here: stream.place/eurosky.soci...
- Big news! 🎉 We're thrilled to welcome Ava as the new Executive Director of People vs Big Tech. Her leadership marks an exciting new chapter for our movement. peoplevsbig.tech/people-vs-bi...
- 👀Is that EU competition chief @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu taking a hammer to break up Google?? Today we're sending a loud message to @ec.europa.eu to dismantle Google's toxic advertising monopoly! #BreakUpBigTech. Great work @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social bsky.social @rebalance-now.bsky.social 👏👏👏
- The Commission recently fined Google a massive €2.95 billion over abusive practices in adtech. But the door is still open for tougher action to break up this monopoly once and for all. www.euractiv.com/news/protest...
- Our poll found a large majority in France, Germany and Spain WANT the EU to be tough on Big Tech, even if it damages relations with Trump. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu must not back down to lobby pressure. #BreakUpBigTech now! peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechToday's €2.95 bn fine against Google is a start, but is not enough. Big Tech shrugs off fines as just the cost of maintaining their toxic monopolies. But good the door is still open for tougher remedies. The EU Commission MUST finish the job and break up Google. www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
- Google's monopoly power rips off consumers, pollutes our information environment, and destroys the news media. Today's €2.95 billion fine is a start, but won't touch Google's toxic ad-tech monopoly. The EU @ec.europa.eu must hold firm and now break up Google. www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
- Our YouGov poll found people in France, Germany and Spain DON'T want the EU to back down against Big Tech and Trump! peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
- Free our digital world from the stranglehold of Big Tech. Break up Google. #BreakUpBigTech
- NEW: Over half of social media users across France, Germany and Spain would prefer to use European-based platforms. Only 4-5% in those countries would prefer to use US based platforms. Our YouGov polling shows definitively that Europeans want alternatives to the dominant US social media giants.
- The good news is that a new initiative called Eurosky, led by a group of European technology entrepreneurs, aims to reduce reliance on US tech giants. See more here: tech.yahoo.com/social-media...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechCan genAI start-ups really challenge #BigTech's dominance? 🧐 🔎 We analysed 12 start-ups' value chains and what we found is clear: They're highly dependent on Big Tech companies, particularly Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Nvidia. Read our full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech🧵Out today: A large majority of people in France, Germany and Spain back the EU to enforce the law on Big Tech - even if it risks relations with Trump. New YouGov poll we commissioned @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social @wemoveeurope.bsky.social. peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechThe results of the YouGov poll (commissioned by @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @wemoveeurope.bsky.social) are striking: almost two-thirds of European citizens want enforcement against Big Tech - even if it pisses Trump off.
- 🚨 NEW POLL: roughly TWICE as many people in France, Germany & Spain want the EU to break up Big Tech giants, as those who don't. @ec.europa.eu will soon decide whether to dismantle Google's toxic adtech monopoly. Will it listen to EU citizens and #BreakUpBigTech? peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechHey Meta, don't leave us on read 👻 Over 10k people have said no to Stalker Ads, so get them off our feed! This week ORG joined @goodlawproject.bsky.social outside Meta's offices in a joint action with @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @eko.org to ask why they've done nothing 🤷♂️ #StopStalkerAds
- 🚨 Today we're sending a loud message to the EU to stand up to the tech oligarchy and #BreakUpBigTech! 📣📣 We've delivered a petition from +115,000 people calling on @ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu to break up Google, ahead of its major ruling on Google's toxic online advertising monopoly.
- Google's monopoly power rips off consumers, pollutes our information environment, and destroys the news media. A US judge recently ruled that it is illegal. Now it's time for @ec.europa.eu to act! #BreakUpBigTech
- Alongside, we launched a new declaration signed by 35+ CSOs, calling on the EU to resist threats from Trump and confront the powerful Big Tech monopolies that threaten our democracy. peoplevsbig.tech/break-up-big...
- Big thanks to our fantastic campaign partners who made this all happen! @wemoveeurope.bsky.social , @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social, @rebalance-now.bsky.social, @avaaz.org, @balancedeconomy.bsky.social 🙏
- Big Tech monopolies threaten EU democracy. The EU Commission will be finalising its decision in the Google ad tech case by July. The EU must stand up to tech giants and act to break up Google & others. Sign @wemoveeurope.bsky.social’s petition to demand it action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...
- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech🛑 El monopolio de Google en publicidad digital está matando al periodismo independiente y debilitando nuestra democracia. La UE debe actuar. Firma la petición impulsada por @PeopleVsBigTech para obligar a Google a acabar con el monopolio. 👉 action.wemove.eu/sig...
- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech“It's a timely and useful record of what it means to have grown up online.” Thank you @thetimes.com for this review of Logging Off, ahead of publication day tomorrow! www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
- Instagram suspended @eswa-network.bsky.social without warning or explanation, on the eve of Int'l Sex Workers’ Rights Day. This was unacceptable censorship of a human rights network. Even though the account has now been reinstated, it should never have been suspended in the first place.
- This incident is not unique. It is a daily reality for sex workers, sex worker-led groups, and allied human rights orgs trying to use mainstream platforms to advocate, organise, and speak out. These are registered NGOs being silenced for doing legitimate, rights-based work.
- Content moderation systems continue to treat sex workers’ rights advocacy as dangerous or illegal, perpetuating stigma and exclusion. We stand in solidarity with @eswa-network.bsky.social and allied organisations being unjustly and arbitrarily silenced.
- This is a super cool initiative - please do tune in and donate!
- Donors to the campaign will have their names painted into @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social's portrait live on stream!
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by People Vs Big TechBig Tech is killing journalism. Google and Meta take ad money that should fund real reporting. The EU can stop them—sign now: go.wemove.eu/bigtech
- 👾 The 20th edition of The People, our newsletter with @the-citizens.bsky.social, is out! US tech giants control much of our online world. This week, we're looking at the impact this has not only on the security of other nation states, but on people and planet. blog.peoplevsbig.tech/wtf-is-tech-...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechLooking forward to this. @chaykak.bsky.social is one of the most interesting writers on what is happening at the intersection of tech & culture & Yancey created Kickstarter which changed the world & is now kickstarting all sorts of other things. Join us!
- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech👏 Time to break up Google
- Reposted by People Vs Big Techhonestly kind of disappointing to see this policy approach spreading. the hard age limit is the easy path that doesn’t address the root of the problem: how the platforms are designed to work, which regulation should be used to change.
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- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech“At first, algorithms were refined for economic purposes, to captivate consumers. Then people realized how easy it was to redirect this toward political power,” says Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. “If Goebbels were alive and had access to X, we would be doomed.”
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- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech🚨WEDS 30th April, 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST / 5 PM BST 🚨 Join carolecadwalla.bsky.social @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social @moonalice.com @zamaan_qureshi @jgo4justice.bsky.social ice.bsky.social and more for this urgent conversation. Subscribe to get the zoom link citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe
- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech“We welcome the new regulations implemented by @ofcom.bsky.social which are a first step towards keeping our children safe online.” Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @thetimes.com on Ofcom's new rules for protecting kids online in the UK ⤵️ www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechBig Tech isn’t boosting EU innovation - it’s buying it out. 🇪🇺 And competition authorities are letting it happen.🚨 The EU needs better tools to scrutinise mergers and block them when necessary. 🔎 Explore our M&A Tracker and help expose Big Tech’s acquisition machine 👇 www.somo.nl/big-tech-mer...
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- Just wanna share this starter pack. If you love and support digital rights, these are cool people to follow. 😃 go.bsky.app/7yJY8VXat://did:plc:ctyior6rzlmqatw6sol6f4a2/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lay5rwvhfk2l
- "As social media becomes more toxic and weaponised by extremists, reliable news continues to wither. Publishers, who rely on advertising to sustain independent reporting, are competing in a market where Google sets the terms and takes the largest share of profits." www.ft.com/content/2b78...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechThey are everywhere (it is wild out there ;)): Some tips: freeourfeeds.com , www.euro-stack.info , @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social , and the good old @openrightsgroup.bsky.social if you're based in the UK.
- Inspired by the true story of a teenager battling screen addiction, Super Connected started as an album by @timarnold1977.bsky.social + has now evolved into a feature film, theatre show + campaign. If you're in the UK, get tickets to a show near you! 👏👾 superconnected.technology/events/
- A Kenyan court has ruled that a case against Meta over fueling ethnic violence in Ethiopia can go ahead. Congrats to all involved inc. our members @amnesty.org + Foxglove. Meta's harms cannot be undone, but cases like this can stop history from repeating itself. www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/04/04/f...
- 🚨 NEW: Our devices increasingly anticipate our wants before we even articulate them. We overconsume, while our planet burns. But with Broligarchs at the helm, are we consuming by choice – or by design? Read our latest newsletter with @the-citizens.bsky.social: blog.peoplevsbig.tech/the-people-v...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechGrateful to have the support of former UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve who has written an excellent op-ed on what my case means for others in the UK - let's take back control of our private lives from Big Tech! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- 🚨🥳 WIN: Our incredible co-founder @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social has won a legal case against Meta! She took them to court after being served creepy personalised ads about her pregnancy. Now the tech giant has agreed to no longer show her targeted surveillance-ads on Facebook www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- Join us for a convo about the future of social media – how open protocols & algorithmic pluralism can change things for the better! 🤓💪 Ft. @marietjeschaake.bsky.social @emilyliu.me @robin.berjon.com @sherifea.com Register: smokesignal.events/did:plc:haqw... Stream: streamyard.com/watch/uhdM7f...
- 🚨 NEW: The EU Digital Services Act requires Big Tech to be more transparent about platform harms + how they're mitigating them. So a group of us took a deep dive into their latest reports on this, and let's just say...there's a lot of room for improvement. Get into it here 👀 cdt.org/insights/dsa...
- "Vance’s warning not to engage in “hand-wringing about safety” seems to have been thoroughly received by the platforms. The word “safety” appears just once in the submissions from Open #AI & Google...and not at all in Meta’s" www.platformer.news/ai-action-pl...
- Last night, #Israel launched dozens of attacks in #Gaza. Palestinian officials say >320 people have been killed. #BigTech involvement in Israel's apartheid + genocide goes beyond complicity. Find out more in the latest version of our free newsletter: blog.peoplevsbig.tech/the-people-v...
- 🚨 New report alert! Going forward we want Big Tech platforms to focus on design-related risks, enhance transparency, and ensure risk assessments reflect real-world harms. Check out the full report below 🤓👾
- 📢 Excited to share our Initial Analysis on the First Round of Risk Assessments under the EU Digital Services Act, in collaboration with the #DSA Civil Society Coordination Group! Read about key trends, practices, gaps and recommendations for better future reports 👇🏻 cdt.org/insights/dsa...
- 🚨 Amazing event from our collaborators on The People newsletter tomorrow @the-citizens.bsky.social! Sign up here 👀 dispatch.the-citizens.com/resisting-bi...
- Love to see this from the excellent @eff.org over in the US! They've put together a directory of independent community organisations cross the United States work to support digital rights and empower their local communities 😍👾 efa.eff.org/pages/about
- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech✊ Big Tech workers are resisting their industry’s involvement in Israeli apartheid and genocide
- At this point it feels impossible to disentangle Big Tech with Israel’s apartheid regime + genocide of Palestianians. The situation can feel bleak, but one former Meta worker gave me hope: it’s not cool to work for Big Tech any more. Read my full piece here: blog.peoplevsbig.tech/the-people-v...
- "Facebook’s owner #Meta has this year led the charge against the EU’s #AI Act...with tech lobbyists in the bloc believing they can successfully water down implementation of a law considered the world’s strictest regime over the cutting edge technology." www.ft.com/content/3e75...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechAt this point it feels impossible to disentangle Big Tech with Israel’s apartheid regime + genocide of Palestianians. The situation can feel bleak, but one former Meta worker gave me hope: it’s not cool to work for Big Tech any more. Read my full piece here: blog.peoplevsbig.tech/the-people-v...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechLast year, CCDH found that 74% of accurate Community Notes debunking misleading claims about the US election weren’t being shown to users on Elon Musk's X. Our research in @the-independent.com 👇 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
- Reposted by People Vs Big Tech"Can we stay off Big Tech even if we want to? The word on the street is: no. But should you listen to the word the street, when the chat is coming from Tech Bros themselves?" asks @manasanarayanan.bsky.social in our latest Dispatch dispatch.the-citizens.com/can-we-stay-...
- Reposted by People Vs Big TechMeta is trying to muzzle her from telling the inside story on Irelands GDPR “lapdog” deal with Meta and other Meta chicanery www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...
- 🚨 New newsletter alert! Ft. An interview with a fired Meta worker on internal censorship, overview of Big Tech's involvement in Isr*eli apartheid, the real reason the US tried to ban TikTok...and a sprinkling of hope 👀👾 Full story + subscribe link here: blog.peoplevsbig.tech/the-people-v...
