Martha Dark
@marthadark.bsky.social
Co-founder and director at Foxglove, former Reprieve & Open Rights Group.
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TikTok faces legal action over moderator cuts
TikTok is being accused of threatening safety workers with redundancy days before they were due to vote on forming a union.
news.sky.com
🗞️ News: @foxglovelegal.bsky.social has launched a new case against TikTok in the UK for union busting. Read more in Sky's coverage here:
news.sky.com/story/tiktok...
We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!
news.sky.com/story/tiktok...
We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!
Reposted by Martha Dark
New: TikTok is facing legal action over union-busting measures against key safety workers in London:
www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...
www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...
Press release: TikTok faces first legal action over unlawful union-busting in London - Foxglove
Social media giant TikTok is facing legal action for threatening its critical safety workers with redundancy just days before they were due …
www.foxglove.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
New: TikTok is facing legal action over union-busting measures against key safety workers in London:
www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...
www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...
🗞️ News: @foxglovelegal.bsky.social has launched a new case against TikTok in the UK for union busting. Read more in Sky's coverage here:
news.sky.com/story/tiktok...
We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!
news.sky.com/story/tiktok...
We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!
TikTok faces legal action over moderator cuts
TikTok is being accused of threatening safety workers with redundancy days before they were due to vote on forming a union.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🗞️ News: @foxglovelegal.bsky.social has launched a new case against TikTok in the UK for union busting. Read more in Sky's coverage here:
news.sky.com/story/tiktok...
We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!
news.sky.com/story/tiktok...
We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!
Reposted by Martha Dark
EC has formally opened an investigation into Google for using publishers’ content without meaningful consent or compensation for its AI Overviews feature.
Big win for civil society orgs like @foxglovelegal.bsky.social who’ve been asking for this.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Big win for civil society orgs like @foxglovelegal.bsky.social who’ve been asking for this.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in the use of online content for AI purposes
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using the content of web publishers, as well as content uploaded on th
ec.europa.eu
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
EC has formally opened an investigation into Google for using publishers’ content without meaningful consent or compensation for its AI Overviews feature.
Big win for civil society orgs like @foxglovelegal.bsky.social who’ve been asking for this.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Big win for civil society orgs like @foxglovelegal.bsky.social who’ve been asking for this.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Reposted by Martha Dark
Good news: earlier this year, we called on the European Commission to act over Google's theft of independent journalists' work to fuel 'AI Overviews'. Today they announced that they've opened an investigation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Good news: earlier this year, we called on the European Commission to act over Google's theft of independent journalists' work to fuel 'AI Overviews'. Today they announced that they've opened an investigation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Martha Dark
'Rosa Curling, co-executive director of Foxglove - which had called on the Commission in June to tackle the impact of AI Overviews - said "clear & present" dangers to journalism and democracy remain. "We need an urgent opt out for news publishers to stop Google from stealing their reporting today."'
Good news: earlier this year, we called on the European Commission to act over Google's theft of independent journalists' work to fuel 'AI Overviews'. Today they announced that they've opened an investigation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
'Rosa Curling, co-executive director of Foxglove - which had called on the Commission in June to tackle the impact of AI Overviews - said "clear & present" dangers to journalism and democracy remain. "We need an urgent opt out for news publishers to stop Google from stealing their reporting today."'
We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social were delighted the European Commission yesterday announced it will investigate Google AI Overviews in response to our complaint.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social were delighted the European Commission yesterday announced it will investigate Google AI Overviews in response to our complaint.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"MPs on the select committee said the UK needed to develop greater “sovereign” technology capacity, award more contracts to smaller, local providers, and be less reliant on deals that resulted in government departments becoming locked into services with US firms." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms
Samantha Niblett highlighted government’s multi-billion-pound deals with Microsoft and ‘getting locked in’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"MPs on the select committee said the UK needed to develop greater “sovereign” technology capacity, award more contracts to smaller, local providers, and be less reliant on deals that resulted in government departments becoming locked into services with US firms." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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"@labourlewis.bsky.social, who campaigned against Palantir’s work with the NHS, told me: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"@labourlewis.bsky.social, who campaigned against Palantir’s work with the NHS, told me: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
I'm in Kuala Lumpur this week at #GIJC2025 and the CTRL+J International meeting talking about Foxglove's work challenging AI overviews and Google's theft of news around the world. Let me know if you're in town and fancy a coffee.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I'm in Kuala Lumpur this week at #GIJC2025 and the CTRL+J International meeting talking about Foxglove's work challenging AI overviews and Google's theft of news around the world. Let me know if you're in town and fancy a coffee.
jobs.theguardian.com/job/9893829/...
Recruitment for a head of ops position at @foxglovelegal.bsky.social closes in a week! Please share widely and apply if of interest.
Recruitment for a head of ops position at @foxglovelegal.bsky.social closes in a week! Please share widely and apply if of interest.
Head of Operations - Remote job with Foxglove | 9893829
Lead operations remotely, driving finance, HR, compliance & growth in a mission-driven tech justice nonprofit.
jobs.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Recruitment for a head of ops position at @foxglovelegal.bsky.social closes in a week! Please share widely and apply if of interest.
Recruitment for a head of ops position at @foxglovelegal.bsky.social closes in a week! Please share widely and apply if of interest.
@foxglovelegal.bsky.social supporters in action 👇 objecting to Google's NEW Thurrock data centre. 💪
Join them www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/th...
Google's data centre will emit half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to 500 short-haul flights a week.
Join them www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/th...
Google's data centre will emit half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to 500 short-haul flights a week.
October 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@foxglovelegal.bsky.social supporters in action 👇 objecting to Google's NEW Thurrock data centre. 💪
Join them www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/th...
Google's data centre will emit half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to 500 short-haul flights a week.
Join them www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/th...
Google's data centre will emit half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to 500 short-haul flights a week.
We are hiring a head of operations at Foxglove! All the details are below - please share with anyone brilliant / that might be interested.
jobs.theguardian.com/job/9893829/...
jobs.theguardian.com/job/9893829/...
Head of Operations - Remote job with Foxglove | 9893829
Lead operations remotely, driving finance, HR, compliance & growth in a mission-driven tech justice nonprofit.
jobs.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We are hiring a head of operations at Foxglove! All the details are below - please share with anyone brilliant / that might be interested.
jobs.theguardian.com/job/9893829/...
jobs.theguardian.com/job/9893829/...
Thank you for showing us exactly why our cloud infrastructure shouldn't be in the hands of just three companies today AWS.
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
‘Signs of recovery’ claims Amazon Web Services after internet outage hits many websites and apps – business live
Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outage
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thank you for showing us exactly why our cloud infrastructure shouldn't be in the hands of just three companies today AWS.
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
Great write up of our report in Computer Weekly. We'll continue to urge gov to properly scrutinise data centre developers’ environmental claims. @foxglovelegal.bsky.social @globalactionplan.bsky.social
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666322...
(full report here www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...)
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666322...
(full report here www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...)
Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims | Computer Weekly
A new report by environmental non-profit Foxglove suggests the government's pro-datacentre agenda could be set to derail the UK's decarbonisation efforts
www.computerweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Great write up of our report in Computer Weekly. We'll continue to urge gov to properly scrutinise data centre developers’ environmental claims. @foxglovelegal.bsky.social @globalactionplan.bsky.social
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666322...
(full report here www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...)
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666322...
(full report here www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...)
Our research out today and covered in the Observer 👇 shows emissions from just 10 of the hundreds of UK data centres in the works could wipe out carbon emissions saved by switching to electric cars in 2025! @globalactionplan.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Ten UK data centres could cancel EV emissions gain
Research has underlined the lack of transparent and reliable figures for expected emissions driven by data centre growth
observer.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our research out today and covered in the Observer 👇 shows emissions from just 10 of the hundreds of UK data centres in the works could wipe out carbon emissions saved by switching to electric cars in 2025! @globalactionplan.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...
We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and @globalactionplan.bsky.social are just £500 away from our fundraising target. Please share and donate if you can to help us get there!
We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and @globalactionplan.bsky.social are just £500 away from our fundraising target. Please share and donate if you can to help us get there!
Stop the Government forcing through Destructive Data Centres
Foxglove is a non-profit which exists to make technology fair for everyone. They are co-claimant in the case.
Global Action Plan is an environmental charity which works to improve the health of peopl
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October 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and @globalactionplan.bsky.social are just £500 away from our fundraising target. Please share and donate if you can to help us get there!
We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and @globalactionplan.bsky.social are just £500 away from our fundraising target. Please share and donate if you can to help us get there!
Reposted by Martha Dark
Foxglove's @marthadark.bsky.social was at the UK's Labour party conference this week to warn about the environmental costs of Big Tech's data centres:
There is a real knowledge gap around the energy and water consumption of data centres, says Martha Dark from @foxglovelegal.bsky.social, and there need to be better mechanisms for holding developers to their commitments - how do we build this infrastructure without letting climate targets slip?
September 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Foxglove's @marthadark.bsky.social was at the UK's Labour party conference this week to warn about the environmental costs of Big Tech's data centres:
Reposted by Martha Dark
Kicking off our second panel of the day #Lab25, in partnership with @globalactionplan.bsky.social, with a discussion about whether our energy and water systems are ready for the AI Data Centre Boom.
September 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Kicking off our second panel of the day #Lab25, in partnership with @globalactionplan.bsky.social, with a discussion about whether our energy and water systems are ready for the AI Data Centre Boom.
Reposted by Martha Dark
There is a real knowledge gap around the energy and water consumption of data centres, says Martha Dark from @foxglovelegal.bsky.social, and there need to be better mechanisms for holding developers to their commitments - how do we build this infrastructure without letting climate targets slip?
September 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
There is a real knowledge gap around the energy and water consumption of data centres, says Martha Dark from @foxglovelegal.bsky.social, and there need to be better mechanisms for holding developers to their commitments - how do we build this infrastructure without letting climate targets slip?
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- @marthadark.bsky.social, Foxglove Legal
- @shanikamahendr1.bsky.social, Milton Keynes Councillor
- @sophiaadamsbhatti.bsky.social, AI Expert (Chair)
🔗 Event Page: luma.com/5v40y8tj
- @shanikamahendr1.bsky.social, Milton Keynes Councillor
- @sophiaadamsbhatti.bsky.social, AI Expert (Chair)
🔗 Event Page: luma.com/5v40y8tj
Feeding the Beast: Are Our Energy and Water Systems Ready for the AI data centre boom? · Luma
This event is open to all Conference attendees. An RSVP is not required to gain access.
This panel explores the energy and water demands of AI-driven data…
luma.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
- @marthadark.bsky.social, Foxglove Legal
- @shanikamahendr1.bsky.social, Milton Keynes Councillor
- @sophiaadamsbhatti.bsky.social, AI Expert (Chair)
🔗 Event Page: luma.com/5v40y8tj
- @shanikamahendr1.bsky.social, Milton Keynes Councillor
- @sophiaadamsbhatti.bsky.social, AI Expert (Chair)
🔗 Event Page: luma.com/5v40y8tj
Reposted by Martha Dark
What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
pressgazette.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Reposted by Martha Dark
Microsoft CEO claimed "investing in data centres was 'effectively' also investing in modernising the power grid but did not say that money would be shared directly with the UK's power supplier"
In short: he will pile more demand onto the grid but won't pay for it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In short: he will pile more demand onto the grid but won't pay for it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI could boost UK economy by 10% in 5 years, says Microsoft boss
Boss Satya Nadella said it was the biggest investment the firm had made outside of the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Microsoft CEO claimed "investing in data centres was 'effectively' also investing in modernising the power grid but did not say that money would be shared directly with the UK's power supplier"
In short: he will pile more demand onto the grid but won't pay for it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In short: he will pile more demand onto the grid but won't pay for it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Martha Dark
Oh. Wow. A fine of [*checks notes*] about 1% of Google's annual turnover as punishment for [*checks further notes*] monopolising critical infrastructure in ways that aggressively defunds democracy.
The EC's spinelessness is a revolution in materials science.
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
The EC's spinelessness is a revolution in materials science.
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
EU fines Google €2.95 billion - Euractiv
The US tech giant was fined for violating EU competition rules in the advertising technology market
www.euractiv.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oh. Wow. A fine of [*checks notes*] about 1% of Google's annual turnover as punishment for [*checks further notes*] monopolising critical infrastructure in ways that aggressively defunds democracy.
The EC's spinelessness is a revolution in materials science.
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
The EC's spinelessness is a revolution in materials science.
www.euractiv.com/section/tech...