In Brussels last night, Ava Lee, Executive Director of People vs Big Tech, urged European leaders to take action and stand up for citizens.

🚨 BREAKING: Overnight in Brussels We sent a clear message to EU leaders: 📣”Fight for us, not for Trump's billionaires.”

Trigger warning: self-harm, suicide, eating disorders The UK’s social media ban for minors signals a sea change in the government’s approach to Big Tech. Our investigation into TikTok's parental controls shows exactly why stronger action is needed.

The evening before we protest Palantir in the NHS we'll be meeting at Space for Change in Hulme to prepare our banners and placards! Come along, bring your mates, and get crafty with us before we take on Big Tech infiltrating our healthcare!!

REMINDER: Amazon isn't just a space to buy stuff 📦 It also runs Amazon Web Services, the cloud behind Netflix, Spotify, Tinder and a big chunk of the internet. And they’re not picky about who they host. #TimeToResist #BigTech #Amazon #AWS #AWSSummit

BREAKING: 20 Greenpeace activists are protesting against the reckless business practices of Amazon’s cloud provider AWS at the AWS Summit in Hamburg. There, the cloud provider is promoting its services to companies whose business models are extremely harmful to the climate or threaten human rights.

🚨 EU-Sanctioned Entities Monetizing on #Facebook, #YouTube, #TikTok and #X WHAT TO FIX's latest research reveals how major social platforms enabled monetization services for accounts linked to individuals under #EU #sanctions and entities under their control 📚 www.whattofix.tech/publications...

If you’re at CPDP in Brussels this week, join us on Wednesday for a screening of Molly vs the Machines + panel discussion on protecting children online, platform power, and algorithmic accountability. 🗓 Wed 20 May, 16:00–18:45 📍 CPDP Cinema, (3rd floor) Maison de la Poste, Rue Picard 7, Brussels

No privileged US access to Europe’s tech law oversight. We call on the European Commission to halt plans for a new “dialogue” with the US that could weaken enforcement of EU tech laws. Cooperation must not come at the expense of rule of law and sovereignty. peoplevsbig.tech/no-privilege...

Last minute: the European Commission has confirmed new talks with the US following attacks on EU tech rules. As pressure mounts, Big Tech is gaining even more influence. Civil society is still not in the room

🚨 New report from People vs Big Tech: Algorithms on X & TikTok disproportionately push content from far right parties to new users, squeezing out moderate parties. EU & French authorities must enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy. peoplevsbig.tech/x-and-tiktok...

X and TikTok algorithms favour the far right at the expense of moderate parties - People vs. Big Tech

Paris, March 10, 2026 – Just days before the first round of the municipal elections, a new investigation by the nonprofit organization People vs. Big Tech

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Out now: SOMO presents the Big Tech Lobby Playbook 🔍🚨 It exposes how Big Tech’s corporate lobbying is in a league of its own. These giants don’t just engage with lawmakers and policy processes - they shape the environment in which laws are imagined and debated. Read more: somo.nl/big-tech-lob...

The Big Tech Lobby Playbook - Rewriting digital rules globally - SOMO

This series of articles by SOMO dives into specific examples of Big Tech lobbying and how they helped shape laws and politics in their favour.

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New YouGov polling across 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇵🇱 shows strong public support for EU action on X. 60–78% say the EU should take further steps if X fails to address breaches of EU law. peoplevsbig.tech/press-releas...

Nearly Half of Europeans Want X Banned if it Continues to Break the Law - People vs. Big Tech

YouGov polling across 5 major EU countries also reveals that 70% of respondents want further action against X if it fails to respond to data privacy and

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🤳 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

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We have the right to know what harms tech giants are exposing us to, but they’re doing everything to avoid transparency and accountability. #WhatAreTheyHiding? Join CCDH and call for the right to res...

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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...

Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights | Corporate Europe Observatory

In a new analysis we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the ...

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Elon 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...

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe

Gen Z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back

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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...

Wir sagen nein zur Deregulierung des Digitalrechts! @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social @wemoveeurope.bsky.social

🚨 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✊

We've kicked off #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Livestream the event here: stream.place/eurosky.soci...

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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 👏👏👏

Today'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...

EU slaps Google with €2.95B fine despite Trump trade threat

Brussels hammers U.S. search giant after internal Commission feud.

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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...

EU slaps Google with €2.95B fine despite Trump trade threat

Brussels hammers U.S. search giant after internal Commission feud.

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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.

Can 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...

🧵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...