We’re joining the #PeopleVsPalantir day of action ✊ Tonight, we’ll be outside Palantir HQ with @justtreatment.org and others, calling for the US spytech company to get OUT of our public services. 📩 Follow our coverage from the protest 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe #PeopleVsPalantir
The Citizens
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We expose Big Tech's harms to democracy. Parents to The Real Facebook Oversight Board & Independent Sage. Our newsletters: https://dispatch.the-citizens.com citizensreunited.substack.com You can also find us at https://the-citizens.com
Mic drop moment at our event on the sidelines of #labconf26 in Liverpool, when @labourlewis.bsky.social revealed a letter from Tom Watson showing Palantir has tracked his mentioning them nearly 130 times. Is there anything Palantir doesn’t want to know about us?
Tom Watson once demanded answers over Cambridge Analytica. Now he’s joining Palantir, whose own staff helped build its targeting models. Quite the full circle 👀 @labourlewis.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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🚨 Cambridge Analytica was meant to be a wake-up call. So what changed? Join us tonight for an exclusive screening and live discussion with the brilliant @labourlewis.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on where we go from here. Last chance to register 👇 t.co/8QgMZwmoqn
Over the weekend, Reform UK received £72m in donations, days before Parliament debates new rules that could restrict them. @elliechowns.bsky.social told us why the government needs to go further 👇
As the Representation of the People Bill returns to the Lords, @elliechowns.bsky.social says the government needs to go further. We spoke to her about political donations at our parliamentary event in July 👇
The government is spending public money to build "sovereign' British AI, but firms can be foreign owned, keep their IP and face no obligation to remain in Britain 🙄 Understand more 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-100m-g...
Tech elites like Thiel and Musk didn’t embrace Trump for a quirky culture-war detour. Worth a watch @gilduran.com 👀 zeteo.com/p/nerd-reich...
‘Nerd Reich’ Author Exposes What Far-Right Tech Bosses Actually Want
Silicon Valley journalist Gil Durán introduces a compelling theory about the rise of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the small group of tech elite trying to control society.
zeteo.com
The government’s latest plans to break with Big Tech come amid record AI spending. 👁️ So, what does Britain actually get back? citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-100m-g...
More than one in three of the ‘sovereign’ AI firms were US-owned, FOI disclosures reveal 👀 So what exactly makes British AI British? From @mc00.bsky.social citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-100m-g...
Americans agree on almost nothing, except data centers @dwallacewells.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/o...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/opinion/data-centers-ai-populism.html
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Millions in public money are going into home-grown AI, with few guarantees over what Britain gets to keep. Read the latest edition of The Eye from @mc00.bsky.social 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-100m-g...
The £100m gamble
Millions in public money are going into home-grown AI, with few guarantees over what Britain gets back
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The government’s latest plans to break with Big Tech come amid record AI spending and growing questions over where that public money ends up. Read the latest edition of The Eye 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-100m-g...
Are tech lobbyists throwing in the towel? Yah baby! www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
‘The landscape has changed dramatically’: States defy the tech lobby on AI rules
State legislators are emboldened by rising public outrage, ineffective pushback from Washington and a surge of pro-regulation dollars — and tech lobbyists are throwing in the towel.
politico.com
💥 NEW Public money is being used to help Britain compete with Big Tech. But what do we actually get to keep? This week in The Eye, we follow the money behind Britain’s push for “sovereign” AI @mc00.bsky.social citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-100m-g...
The £100m gamble
Millions in public money are going into home-grown AI, with few guarantees over what Britain gets back
citizensreunited.substack.com
People are fighting back against Big Tech - and it might just be working. Here’s what to read, watch and do this weekend 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/is-the-tid...
Is the Tide Turning?
Plus: Be Irreplaceable
citizensreunited.substack.com
From communities fighting back against data centres to a new people-powered movement taking on Big Tech, there are signs the tide might be turning. Here's what to read, watch and do this weekend ⤵️ citizensreunited.substack.com/p/is-the-tid...
Is the Tide Turning?
Plus: Be Irreplaceable
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What does “buying British” actually mean when US Big Tech is already embedded in government? We dig into it (1/2) 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/buying-bri...
repeat after me: a settlement isn’t change if the business model stays intact citizensreunited.substack.com/p/metas-17b-...
Meta’s ($17b) Cost of Doing Business
Plus: Burning Up
citizensreunited.substack.com
Today we're launching Irreplaceable, a movement of ordinary Americans coming together to decide the future of artificial intelligence. Right now, some of the most important decisions on Earth are being made in a handful of rooms in northern California. 🧵
Are tech lobbyists throwing in the towel? Yah baby! Here's what to read, watch and do this week 👇👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/is-the-tid...
Is the Tide Turning?
Plus: Be Irreplaceable
citizensreunited.substack.com
💥 NEW: “Buying British”? Talking about taking on US tech is one thing - untangling it from the British state is another @mc00.bsky.social ✍️ citizensreunited.substack.com/p/buying-bri...
Buying British?
Burnham's promise to “buy British” will test whether years of dependence on US Big Tech can be untangled from the British state
citizensreunited.substack.com
Burnham's promise to “buy British” will test whether years of dependence on US Big Tech can be untangled from the British state This week in The Eye, from @mc00.bsky.social
Buying British?
Burnham's promise to “buy British” will test whether years of dependence on US Big Tech can be untangled from the British state
citizensreunited.substack.com
💥 NEW: “Buying British”? Talking about taking on US tech is one thing - untangling it from the British state is another @mc00.bsky.social ✍️ citizensreunited.substack.com/p/buying-bri...
Buying British?
Burnham's promise to “buy British” will test whether years of dependence on US Big Tech can be untangled from the British state
citizensreunited.substack.com
If you’ve ever wondered what the hell is going on inside the mind of Peter Thiel (same), @amandaianthe.bsky.social has done some digging peacefulreturn.substack.com/p/peter-and-...
Peter and the Antichrist: A True Crime Mystery of Iniquity
Inside the mind of Peter Thiel: A self-fulfilling ouroboros in search of himself
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“Ofcom’s timid, slow, and ponderous approach is gravely inadequate," @stopfundinghate.bsky.social ICYMI: We ask campaigners whether the watchdog can be saved 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/far-too-sl...
ICYMI: Campaigners like @globalactionplan.bsky.social are pushing back against the government’s unchecked data centre boom 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-07...
With all this talk about surveillance, what can you do about it? Join @openrightsgroup.org campaign to reset the ICO and put the public first ⤵️ www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/res...
Reset the ICO
Data protection rights only work if they’re enforced, that’s why we need an effective regulator.
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For years the biggest technology companies have built extraordinary wealth by extracting our data, exploiting our attention and externalising the costs onto everyone else. Maybe it’s time to send them the bill? @stopfundinghate.bsky.social www.change.org/p/time-for-b...
Sign the Petition
Time for Big Tech to pay up
change.org
As the rest of us face hosepipe bans, government has give data centres special protection from any restrictions to their water supply @globalactionplan.bsky.social Understand more 👉 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/the-eye-07...