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Balanced Economy Project
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We are a not-for-profit, globally-focused, anti-monopoly organisation whose mission is to reclaim our ability to restructure our economies, by collectively constraining corporate power and building a genuinely democratic economy.
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Interesting developments to be coming out of the NYC as Lina Khan tells Jon Stewart "How do we create a more level playing field for them, as well as agencies that are thinking about economic development."

https://businessinsider.pulse.ly/sp7akph4wr
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November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Back from #MozFest 2025! Our session on tech monopolies & profit models showed one truth: change needs collective action.

Read our reflections in Counterbalance: https://substack.pulse.ly/ext0o4lqdq #MozFest #DigitalRights
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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127 civil society groups, unions & BEP urge the EU to stop the Digital Omnibus—the biggest rollback of digital rights in EU history. Protect GDPR, AI Act & privacy. Full statement: https://balancedeconomy.pulse.ly/ipgvhvmauf #DigitalRights
Balanced Economy Project Joins 127 Organisations to Oppose EU Digital Rights Rollback — Balanced Economy Project
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November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Big Tech’s algorithms are shaping what we see, think, and believe and it’s breaking democracy.

It’s time to demand transparency and accountability. Let’s put people before profit.

👉 Add your voice now and support @avaaz.org https://avaaz.pulse.ly/e09nxpgthk
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November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
Don't forget #mozillaFest - our session is at 10:15 AM schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/138 Myth or Reality? Monopolies and profit models
Zone C - Room C4
Mozilla Festival Schedule
For 15 years, Mozilla Festival has been the home for big ideas, bold conversations, and the movement for a better internet. From November 7th to 9th, we’re bringing that energy back to Barcelona, and ...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
Balanced Economy Project is looking for:

✨ Networks & Partnerships Lead
✨ Consultant – Income Generation Strategy

Want to take on monopoly power + build a fairer economy?
Apply here 👉 https://balancedeconomy.pulse.ly/yu9bkemkre

#Jobs #Hiring
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
We’re at #MozFest2025 in Barcelona (Nov 7–9)! Join our session on breaking tech monopolies and shaping a fairer digital future. 🚀 We’re hiring too →

https://substack.pulse.ly/lpn41wkmbn

#MozillaFestival #Hiring
Looking ahead to Mozilla Festival: Narrative myths that link finance, technology and sustainability
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Counterbalance. This week, we’re discussing our upcoming trip to the Mozilla Festival in Barcelona.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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BlackRock backs Shell. Vanguard votes 0% on ESG. Big Tech talks green while funding climate chaos. At @mozilla.org , we’re calling it what it is: a myth. Join us for that chat - 9th Nov 10:15 - 11:15 CET

#Greenwashing #FinanceMyths #mozfest- Join us!

https://mozillafestival.pulse.ly/mf6ichiiut
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Former FTC chair Lina Khan was just named to NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team—just one sign that his new administration will take tech matters seriously, writes Rebecca Williams. She offers a tech agenda for the new mayor to advance his campaign goals:
Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press
By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.
www.techpolicy.press
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
BlackRock backs Shell. Vanguard votes 0% on ESG. Big Tech talks green while funding climate chaos. At @mozilla.org , we’re calling it what it is: a myth. Join us for that chat - 9th Nov 10:15 - 11:15 CET

#Greenwashing #FinanceMyths #mozfest- Join us!

https://mozillafestival.pulse.ly/mf6ichiiut
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Challenging Myths, Reimagining Power: We're Heading to Mozilla Festival 2025.

We will be at @mozilla.org - Join us!

Find out more: https://balancedeconomy.pulse.ly/ofk6kz1ksv

#mozfest #Mozilla
Challenging Myths, Reimagining Power: We're Heading to Mozilla Festival 2025 — Balanced Economy Project
Balanced Economy will be at Mozilla Festival
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October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
EU competition shake-up, pharma access & climate justice in merger control.

Also in The Counterbalance:
-AI floods Dutch politics
-TikTok’s €12B data pivot
-Big Pharma under fire

-Read + share: https://substack.pulse.ly/qr5iqnjn8w
#Antitrust #EUcompetition #balancedeconomy
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October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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AWS outage = a single point of failure that disrupted millions. This isn’t just tech—it’s monopoly risk. Read & share this week’s Counterbalance on why reform can’t wait:

#antitrust #awsdown #aws

https://substack.pulse.ly/ofuumebxhe
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Fresh Franco-German CEO lobbying push for deregulation sparks backlash. BEP backs open markets not carve-outs for corporate giants.

Read + sign up to Counterbalance for weekly anti-monopoly intel.

🔗 https://substack.pulse.ly/tmlagh8jdv
#AntiMonopoly #FairMarkets #BalancedEconomy
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
Corporate chains now dominate UK vet services - CMA’s reforms are a start, but transparency alone won’t fix a market warped by private equity roll-ups.

📣 BEP calls for deeper structural change:
🔗 https://balancedeconomy.pulse.ly/rnej67wnae
#AntiMonopoly #vets #cats #pets #dogs
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October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, remember how Big Tech’s addictive design harms young minds and self-worth. This briefing calls for urgent regulation: #bettermentalhealth

lhttps://peoplevsbig.pulse.ly/tkdemkcnij
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October 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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CMA won’t probe Big Pharma’s £1.5B investment freeze. “If there’s a secret deal, we don’t know about it.” The cost? NHS patients pay the price. Read this week’s Counterbalance:

https://substack.pulse.ly/rejtm39k9c

#TheCounterbalance #BigPharma #NHS #Antitrust
October 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
BEP urges the EU to modernise antitrust rules. Regulation 1/2003 is outdated—Europe needs faster, stronger enforcement to tackle digital & global market power.

Read more:https://balancedeconomy.pulse.ly/gmkuaxyhei

#Antitrust #EU #DigitalMarkets #BEP
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October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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As #Xbox raises Game Pass prices, former #FTC chair says it warned Activision deal would ‘harm gamers’ www.videogameschronicle.com/news/as-xbox...
As Xbox raises Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says it warned Activision deal would ‘harm gamers’ | VGC
Microsoft’s Activision deal ‘has been followed by significant price hikes and layoffs’…
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October 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Big Tech wants to control digital ID. Our latest Counterbalance piece shows how Google & Mastercard are lobbying for systems that threaten public rights. Identity must stay public.

Read & share:

https://substack.pulse.ly/d1uqy8yuh7

#Antimonopoly #Bigtech
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Big Pharma’s cartel-like tactics are hurting the #NHS and patients are paying the price.

Along with @justtreatment.org & @globaljusticenow.bsky.social we call on the CMA to investigate the coordinated threats to pull UK investment.

Read the letter:🔗 www.balancedeconomy.org/latest/lette...
Campaigners demand investigation into big pharama’s “cartel-like” threats to the NHS — Balanced Economy Project
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October 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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NEW: We, @justtreatment.org and @balancedeconomy.bsky.social have written to ask the competition authorities to investigate Big Pharma’s campaign to push up the price the NHS pays for medicines, to see if it is in breach of competition law 👇🏽

www.politico.eu/article/ngo-...
NGOs demand UK competition authority probe pharma over investment pauses
A letter to the Competition and Markets Authority from three NGOs accuses companies of “suspected” anticompetitive behavior.
www.politico.eu
September 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
balancedeconomy.bsky.social
💥 £100bn in tech investment sounds great, but who's really in control? The UK-US deal is about power and who gets left behind.

https://substack.pulse.ly/1mrnuawpci

#TechJustice #DigitalPower #UKPolitics #Counterbalance #FairMarkets #BigTech #Substack
September 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Great work by @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social highlighting the #google situation as @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu has carried out with her #adtech decision.
lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social LobbyControl Tech @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social · Sep 23
Yesterday, we went to the EU-Commission’s headquarter in Brussels to protest for a Google break-up. Commissioner Ribera did the right thing with her adtech-decision. Now, she has to stay firm & resist pressure from inside the Commission & from the other side of the Atlantic. Time to break up Google!
September 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Yesterday, we went to the EU-Commission’s headquarter in Brussels to protest for a Google break-up. Commissioner Ribera did the right thing with her adtech-decision. Now, she has to stay firm & resist pressure from inside the Commission & from the other side of the Atlantic. Time to break up Google!
September 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM