Margarida Silva
@margaridasilva.bsky.social
I research Big Tech's power and campaign to limit it at @somoamsterdam.bsky.social
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Meanwhile, Microsoft closed the email of an ICC prosecutor. We cannot stand still, the next one could be you! apnews.com/article/icc-...
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Meanwhile, Microsoft closed the email of an ICC prosecutor. We cannot stand still, the next one could be you! apnews.com/article/icc-...
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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...
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.
somo.nl
February 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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...
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...
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Exposed: Big Tech is rewriting the rules globally 🚨
In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐
Read our analysis:
www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐
Read our analysis:
www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
February 12, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Exposed: Big Tech is rewriting the rules globally 🚨
In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐
Read our analysis:
www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐
Read our analysis:
www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
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Trump is using America's 250th birthday for more special favors with rich donors.
For $1 MILLION, donors get special access to Trump.
For $2.5 MILLION, donors can speak at an event in D.C. on 4th of July.
In Trump’s America, nothing is sacred, & everything is for sale.
For $1 MILLION, donors get special access to Trump.
For $2.5 MILLION, donors can speak at an event in D.C. on 4th of July.
In Trump’s America, nothing is sacred, & everything is for sale.
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Trump is using America's 250th birthday for more special favors with rich donors.
For $1 MILLION, donors get special access to Trump.
For $2.5 MILLION, donors can speak at an event in D.C. on 4th of July.
In Trump’s America, nothing is sacred, & everything is for sale.
For $1 MILLION, donors get special access to Trump.
For $2.5 MILLION, donors can speak at an event in D.C. on 4th of July.
In Trump’s America, nothing is sacred, & everything is for sale.
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Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
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Europe just approved Google’s acquisition of Wiz, no questions asked.
Yet another example of a long-standing pattern of regulatory inaction in the EU.
Read our joint statement: www.somo.nl/eu-sides-wit...
@balancedeconomy.bsky.social @openmarkets.bsky.social @rebalance-now.bsky.social
Yet another example of a long-standing pattern of regulatory inaction in the EU.
Read our joint statement: www.somo.nl/eu-sides-wit...
@balancedeconomy.bsky.social @openmarkets.bsky.social @rebalance-now.bsky.social
EU sides with Big Tech as Google’s Wiz takeover gets a green light - SOMO
Civil society organisations across Europe seriously regret the European Commission’s decision(opens in new window) to unconditionally clear Google’s proposed acquisition of Wiz. The decision runs coun...
www.somo.nl
February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Europe just approved Google’s acquisition of Wiz, no questions asked.
Yet another example of a long-standing pattern of regulatory inaction in the EU.
Read our joint statement: www.somo.nl/eu-sides-wit...
@balancedeconomy.bsky.social @openmarkets.bsky.social @rebalance-now.bsky.social
Yet another example of a long-standing pattern of regulatory inaction in the EU.
Read our joint statement: www.somo.nl/eu-sides-wit...
@balancedeconomy.bsky.social @openmarkets.bsky.social @rebalance-now.bsky.social
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The growth of billionaire wealth in 2025 was enough to end extreme poverty 26x over.
1 in 4 people goes hungry.
🎥 Watch the data.
#RuleOfTheRich
@oxfam.org.br @/joao_pacifico on IG
1 in 4 people goes hungry.
🎥 Watch the data.
#RuleOfTheRich
@oxfam.org.br @/joao_pacifico on IG
February 10, 2026 at 8:42 AM
The growth of billionaire wealth in 2025 was enough to end extreme poverty 26x over.
1 in 4 people goes hungry.
🎥 Watch the data.
#RuleOfTheRich
@oxfam.org.br @/joao_pacifico on IG
1 in 4 people goes hungry.
🎥 Watch the data.
#RuleOfTheRich
@oxfam.org.br @/joao_pacifico on IG
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Deutschlands oberste Wettbewerbshüter haben erstmals ein Millionen-Bußgeld gegen Amazon verhängt. Der US-Konzern darf Drittanbietern zudem nur noch in Ausnahmefällen Preisvorgaben machen.
Amazon: Kartellamt schränkt Preisvorgaben ein
Deutschlands oberste Wettbewerbshüter haben erstmals ein Millionen-Bußgeld gegen Amazon verhängt. Der US-Konzern darf Drittanbietern zudem nur noch in Ausnahmefällen Preisvorgaben machen.
www.spiegel.de
February 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Deutschlands oberste Wettbewerbshüter haben erstmals ein Millionen-Bußgeld gegen Amazon verhängt. Der US-Konzern darf Drittanbietern zudem nur noch in Ausnahmefällen Preisvorgaben machen.
An important antitrust loss for Amazon - The German Competition Authority is prohibiting Amazon from applying price control mechanisms and ordered the disgorgement of at least 59 million euros🔥🔥🔥
Will this now trigger EU action under the DMA? www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/M...
Will this now trigger EU action under the DMA? www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/M...
Bundeskartellamt prohibits Amazon from applying so-called price control mechanisms and orders the disgorgement of 59 million euros in economic benefits
www.bundeskartellamt.de
February 5, 2026 at 11:19 AM
An important antitrust loss for Amazon - The German Competition Authority is prohibiting Amazon from applying price control mechanisms and ordered the disgorgement of at least 59 million euros🔥🔥🔥
Will this now trigger EU action under the DMA? www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/M...
Will this now trigger EU action under the DMA? www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/M...
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We've updated our Big Tech M&A tracker! The new data reveals that:
🔎 Acquisitions by Big Tech firms Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Apple, and Amazon increased by 30% in 2025
🔎 Big Tech is positioning itself as a key actor in the future of AI, with 15 of those acquisitions being AI-related.
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🔎 Acquisitions by Big Tech firms Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Apple, and Amazon increased by 30% in 2025
🔎 Big Tech is positioning itself as a key actor in the future of AI, with 15 of those acquisitions being AI-related.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:26 AM
We've updated our Big Tech M&A tracker! The new data reveals that:
🔎 Acquisitions by Big Tech firms Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Apple, and Amazon increased by 30% in 2025
🔎 Big Tech is positioning itself as a key actor in the future of AI, with 15 of those acquisitions being AI-related.
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🔎 Acquisitions by Big Tech firms Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Apple, and Amazon increased by 30% in 2025
🔎 Big Tech is positioning itself as a key actor in the future of AI, with 15 of those acquisitions being AI-related.
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Big Brother is feeding you.
It doesn't sound nice, right?
As farmers face increasing economic pressure and climate impacts, BigAgri & BigTech are teaming up to sell them a new techno-fix: digital farming through platformisation and AI.
What is that? What's behind this corporate takeover? 👇
It doesn't sound nice, right?
As farmers face increasing economic pressure and climate impacts, BigAgri & BigTech are teaming up to sell them a new techno-fix: digital farming through platformisation and AI.
What is that? What's behind this corporate takeover? 👇
Big Brother is Feeding You - Friends of the Earth Europe
As farmers face increasing economic pressure and rising climate impacts, Big Agri and BigTech corporations are working jointly to sell them a new techno-fix: the digitalisation of farming through plat...
friendsoftheearth.eu
February 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Big Brother is feeding you.
It doesn't sound nice, right?
As farmers face increasing economic pressure and climate impacts, BigAgri & BigTech are teaming up to sell them a new techno-fix: digital farming through platformisation and AI.
What is that? What's behind this corporate takeover? 👇
It doesn't sound nice, right?
As farmers face increasing economic pressure and climate impacts, BigAgri & BigTech are teaming up to sell them a new techno-fix: digital farming through platformisation and AI.
What is that? What's behind this corporate takeover? 👇
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Google wants to buy Israeli-American cybersecurity company Wiz.
But if the deal goes through, Europe will be even more dependent on tech giants.
If Europe wants to protect competitive cloud markets and digital sovereignty, it must investigate the deal ⚠️
Read more: www.somo.nl/google-to-ab...
But if the deal goes through, Europe will be even more dependent on tech giants.
If Europe wants to protect competitive cloud markets and digital sovereignty, it must investigate the deal ⚠️
Read more: www.somo.nl/google-to-ab...
January 29, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Google wants to buy Israeli-American cybersecurity company Wiz.
But if the deal goes through, Europe will be even more dependent on tech giants.
If Europe wants to protect competitive cloud markets and digital sovereignty, it must investigate the deal ⚠️
Read more: www.somo.nl/google-to-ab...
But if the deal goes through, Europe will be even more dependent on tech giants.
If Europe wants to protect competitive cloud markets and digital sovereignty, it must investigate the deal ⚠️
Read more: www.somo.nl/google-to-ab...
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As Amazon announced 16,000 layoffs today, worker representatives and MEPs blasted Amazon management for undermining worker health and democracy at work during a European Parliament hearing on working conditions in its warehouses.
Unions and MEPs blast Amazon’s disregard for worker health at European Parliament hearing
As Amazon announced 16,000 layoffs today, worker representatives blasted Amazon management for disregarding worker health at a European Parliament hearing on working conditions in its warehouses.
uniglobalunion.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:08 PM
As Amazon announced 16,000 layoffs today, worker representatives and MEPs blasted Amazon management for undermining worker health and democracy at work during a European Parliament hearing on working conditions in its warehouses.
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Soberana onde?
EUA têm o CLOUD Act lei q permite ao governo e autoridades americanas aceder aos dados, mesmo que estejam noutro país, de empresas baseadas, ou q operem, ou q tenham presença legal nos EUA
Portugal assegura extensão da nova cloud soberana da AWS na Europa
tek.sapo.pt/noticias/com...
EUA têm o CLOUD Act lei q permite ao governo e autoridades americanas aceder aos dados, mesmo que estejam noutro país, de empresas baseadas, ou q operem, ou q tenham presença legal nos EUA
Portugal assegura extensão da nova cloud soberana da AWS na Europa
tek.sapo.pt/noticias/com...
Portugal assegura extensão da nova cloud soberana da AWS na Europa
A primera região da nova cloud soberana da Amazon Web Services na Europa já começou a funcionar e Portugal terá uma das três primeiras zonas locais a avançarem a ...
tek.sapo.pt
January 17, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Soberana onde?
EUA têm o CLOUD Act lei q permite ao governo e autoridades americanas aceder aos dados, mesmo que estejam noutro país, de empresas baseadas, ou q operem, ou q tenham presença legal nos EUA
Portugal assegura extensão da nova cloud soberana da AWS na Europa
tek.sapo.pt/noticias/com...
EUA têm o CLOUD Act lei q permite ao governo e autoridades americanas aceder aos dados, mesmo que estejam noutro país, de empresas baseadas, ou q operem, ou q tenham presença legal nos EUA
Portugal assegura extensão da nova cloud soberana da AWS na Europa
tek.sapo.pt/noticias/com...
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📣 No public money for tax dodgers!
Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore.
EU pays double.
👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement!
New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾
www.epsu.org/article/new-...
Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore.
EU pays double.
👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement!
New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾
www.epsu.org/article/new-...
January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
📣 No public money for tax dodgers!
Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore.
EU pays double.
👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement!
New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾
www.epsu.org/article/new-...
Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore.
EU pays double.
👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement!
New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾
www.epsu.org/article/new-...
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And the report of @cictar.bsky.social on using EU Procurement to address tax avoidance is out
Some companies including US Big tech try to win public contracts, loving workers' and people's tax money, but leaving us poorer by avoiding to pay fair share of taxes
EU's procurement rules can ...
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Some companies including US Big tech try to win public contracts, loving workers' and people's tax money, but leaving us poorer by avoiding to pay fair share of taxes
EU's procurement rules can ...
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New report on how EU procurement rules keep awarding the tax avoiders
EU procurement reforms must stop rewarding tax dodging corporations with public money, unions warn.
www.epsu.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 AM
And the report of @cictar.bsky.social on using EU Procurement to address tax avoidance is out
Some companies including US Big tech try to win public contracts, loving workers' and people's tax money, but leaving us poorer by avoiding to pay fair share of taxes
EU's procurement rules can ...
1/
Some companies including US Big tech try to win public contracts, loving workers' and people's tax money, but leaving us poorer by avoiding to pay fair share of taxes
EU's procurement rules can ...
1/
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The Atlantic Sues Google Over Its Digital Ad Model, Alleging Manipulation and Fraud www.thewrap.com/industry-new...
The Atlantic Sues Google Over Its Digital Ad Model, Alleging Manipulation and Fraud
The Atlantic on Tuesday sued Google and its parent company Alphabet, alleging the tech giant’s model of serving ads to publishers has become a monopoly.
www.thewrap.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The Atlantic Sues Google Over Its Digital Ad Model, Alleging Manipulation and Fraud www.thewrap.com/industry-new...
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Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights - corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a... incredibly stupid: handing *more* power to US digital giants - exactly wrong
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 ...
corporateeurope.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights - corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a... incredibly stupid: handing *more* power to US digital giants - exactly wrong
So Meta's latest revolving doors hire from the Trump administration is now going to lobby governments and I assume other public administrations to “build, deploy, invest in, and finance Meta’s infrastructure.”
The world's richest men are ultimately just looking for government handouts.
The world's richest men are ultimately just looking for government handouts.
Mark Zuckerberg says #Meta is launching its own #AI infrastructure initiative - techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/m... zuck always running after latest fad - after everyone else. will fail like all the others...
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative | TechCrunch
Meta is ramping up its efforts to build out its AI capacity — Zuckerberg said the company intended to drastically expand its energy footprint in the coming years.
techcrunch.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
So Meta's latest revolving doors hire from the Trump administration is now going to lobby governments and I assume other public administrations to “build, deploy, invest in, and finance Meta’s infrastructure.”
The world's richest men are ultimately just looking for government handouts.
The world's richest men are ultimately just looking for government handouts.
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If you speak 🇵🇹 check out our new op ed in @publico.pt together with Zero.ong on #PFAS
O lobbying eterno da indústria das substâncias químicas eternas
The forever lobbying of the forever chemical industry
www.publico.pt/2026/01/12/a...
O lobbying eterno da indústria das substâncias químicas eternas
The forever lobbying of the forever chemical industry
www.publico.pt/2026/01/12/a...
O lobbying eterno da indústria das substâncias químicas eternas
A proibição das PFAS pela União Europeia continua a ser uma esperança distante. E há sinais preocupantes de que os reguladores estão a tentar aliviar a responsabilidade da indústria.
www.publico.pt
January 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
If you speak 🇵🇹 check out our new op ed in @publico.pt together with Zero.ong on #PFAS
O lobbying eterno da indústria das substâncias químicas eternas
The forever lobbying of the forever chemical industry
www.publico.pt/2026/01/12/a...
O lobbying eterno da indústria das substâncias químicas eternas
The forever lobbying of the forever chemical industry
www.publico.pt/2026/01/12/a...
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With Google's looming acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz, Europe needs to start seriously scrutinising the Big Tech firm's plans and commit to upholding competitive cloud security markets and protecting digital sovereignty.
Op-ed fresh off the press: www.techpolicy.press/googles-wiz-...
Op-ed fresh off the press: www.techpolicy.press/googles-wiz-...
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
With Google's looming acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz, Europe needs to start seriously scrutinising the Big Tech firm's plans and commit to upholding competitive cloud security markets and protecting digital sovereignty.
Op-ed fresh off the press: www.techpolicy.press/googles-wiz-...
Op-ed fresh off the press: www.techpolicy.press/googles-wiz-...
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Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
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The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
Grok, the Child Porn Generator, Should Be Illegal
X, the child porn company formerly known as Twitter, is now removing the clothes of women and children with photos on the site on behalf of its users.
I first joined Twitter in December 2015. Deeply ...
www.burnsnotice.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
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"NDAs BETRAY,” reads one of the signs in Coweta, OK, one of the many towns facing a potential AI data center.
Big Tech uses these NDAs to hide the true impacts of their data centers on communities — and to shut the public out of the process.
Big Tech uses these NDAs to hide the true impacts of their data centers on communities — and to shut the public out of the process.
January 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"NDAs BETRAY,” reads one of the signs in Coweta, OK, one of the many towns facing a potential AI data center.
Big Tech uses these NDAs to hide the true impacts of their data centers on communities — and to shut the public out of the process.
Big Tech uses these NDAs to hide the true impacts of their data centers on communities — and to shut the public out of the process.