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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...
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...
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 AM
🤳 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...
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
#WhatAreTheyHiding
Defend the Right to Research
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...
act.counterhate.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Defend the right to research and protect democracy: act.counterhate.com/page/185208/...
#WhatAreTheyHiding
#WhatAreTheyHiding
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...
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 ...
corporateeurope.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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...
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...
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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.
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.
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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.
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...
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
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@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...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
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...
ctrl-alt-reclaim.webflow.io/reports/youn...
CTRL ALT RECLAIM
ctrl-alt-reclaim.webflow.io
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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...
ctrl-alt-reclaim.webflow.io/reports/youn...
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Wir sagen nein zur Deregulierung des Digitalrechts! @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social @wemoveeurope.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Wir sagen nein zur Deregulierung des Digitalrechts! @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social @wemoveeurope.bsky.social
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🚨 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
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
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🚨 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
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✊
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✊
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨 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✊
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✊
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We've kicked off #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Livestream the event here: stream.place/eurosky.soci...
@eurosky.social's livestream on stream.place
Eurosky Live from Berlin
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November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We've kicked off #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Livestream the event here: stream.place/eurosky.soci...
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...
Her leadership marks an exciting new chapter for our movement.
peoplevsbig.tech/people-vs-bi...
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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...
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 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 👏👏👏
September 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
👀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 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 👏👏👏
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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...
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.
www.politico.eu
September 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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...
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...
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...
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.
www.politico.eu
September 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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...
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...
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.
Our YouGov polling shows definitively that Europeans want alternatives to the dominant US social media giants.
July 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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.
Our YouGov polling shows definitively that Europeans want alternatives to the dominant US social media giants.
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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...
🔎 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...
July 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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...
🔎 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...
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🧵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...
New YouGov poll we commissioned @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social @wemoveeurope.bsky.social. peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
July 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🧵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...
New YouGov poll we commissioned @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social @wemoveeurope.bsky.social. peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
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The results of the YouGov poll (commissioned by @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @wemoveeurope.bsky.social) are striking: almost two-thirds of European citizens want enforcement against Big Tech - even if it pisses Trump off.
July 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The results of the YouGov poll (commissioned by @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @wemoveeurope.bsky.social) are striking: almost two-thirds of European citizens want enforcement against Big Tech - even if it pisses Trump off.
🚨 NEW POLL: roughly TWICE as many people in France, Germany & Spain want the EU to break up Big Tech giants, as those who don't.
@ec.europa.eu will soon decide whether to dismantle Google's toxic adtech monopoly. Will it listen to EU citizens and #BreakUpBigTech?
peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
@ec.europa.eu will soon decide whether to dismantle Google's toxic adtech monopoly. Will it listen to EU citizens and #BreakUpBigTech?
peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
July 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
🚨 NEW POLL: roughly TWICE as many people in France, Germany & Spain want the EU to break up Big Tech giants, as those who don't.
@ec.europa.eu will soon decide whether to dismantle Google's toxic adtech monopoly. Will it listen to EU citizens and #BreakUpBigTech?
peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
@ec.europa.eu will soon decide whether to dismantle Google's toxic adtech monopoly. Will it listen to EU citizens and #BreakUpBigTech?
peoplevsbig.tech/large-majori...
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Hey Meta, don't leave us on read 👻
Over 10k people have said no to Stalker Ads, so get them off our feed!
This week ORG joined @goodlawproject.bsky.social outside Meta's offices in a joint action with @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @eko.org to ask why they've done nothing 🤷♂️
#StopStalkerAds
Over 10k people have said no to Stalker Ads, so get them off our feed!
This week ORG joined @goodlawproject.bsky.social outside Meta's offices in a joint action with @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @eko.org to ask why they've done nothing 🤷♂️
#StopStalkerAds
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hey Meta, don't leave us on read 👻
Over 10k people have said no to Stalker Ads, so get them off our feed!
This week ORG joined @goodlawproject.bsky.social outside Meta's offices in a joint action with @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @eko.org to ask why they've done nothing 🤷♂️
#StopStalkerAds
Over 10k people have said no to Stalker Ads, so get them off our feed!
This week ORG joined @goodlawproject.bsky.social outside Meta's offices in a joint action with @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @eko.org to ask why they've done nothing 🤷♂️
#StopStalkerAds
🚨 Today we're sending a loud message to the EU to stand up to the tech oligarchy and #BreakUpBigTech! 📣📣
We've delivered a petition from +115,000 people calling on @ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu to break up Google, ahead of its major ruling on Google's toxic online advertising monopoly.
We've delivered a petition from +115,000 people calling on @ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu to break up Google, ahead of its major ruling on Google's toxic online advertising monopoly.
June 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🚨 Today we're sending a loud message to the EU to stand up to the tech oligarchy and #BreakUpBigTech! 📣📣
We've delivered a petition from +115,000 people calling on @ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu to break up Google, ahead of its major ruling on Google's toxic online advertising monopoly.
We've delivered a petition from +115,000 people calling on @ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu to break up Google, ahead of its major ruling on Google's toxic online advertising monopoly.
Big Tech monopolies threaten EU democracy. The EU Commission will be finalising its decision in the Google ad tech case by July.
The EU must stand up to tech giants and act to break up Google & others. Sign @wemoveeurope.bsky.social’s petition to demand it action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...
The EU must stand up to tech giants and act to break up Google & others. Sign @wemoveeurope.bsky.social’s petition to demand it action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...
June 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Big Tech monopolies threaten EU democracy. The EU Commission will be finalising its decision in the Google ad tech case by July.
The EU must stand up to tech giants and act to break up Google & others. Sign @wemoveeurope.bsky.social’s petition to demand it action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...
The EU must stand up to tech giants and act to break up Google & others. Sign @wemoveeurope.bsky.social’s petition to demand it action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...
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🛑 El monopolio de Google en publicidad digital está matando al periodismo independiente y debilitando nuestra democracia.
La UE debe actuar.
Firma la petición impulsada por @PeopleVsBigTech para obligar a Google a acabar con el monopolio.
👉 action.wemove.eu/sig...
La UE debe actuar.
Firma la petición impulsada por @PeopleVsBigTech para obligar a Google a acabar con el monopolio.
👉 action.wemove.eu/sig...
June 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🛑 El monopolio de Google en publicidad digital está matando al periodismo independiente y debilitando nuestra democracia.
La UE debe actuar.
Firma la petición impulsada por @PeopleVsBigTech para obligar a Google a acabar con el monopolio.
👉 action.wemove.eu/sig...
La UE debe actuar.
Firma la petición impulsada por @PeopleVsBigTech para obligar a Google a acabar con el monopolio.
👉 action.wemove.eu/sig...
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“It's a timely and useful record of what it means to have grown up online.” Thank you @thetimes.com for this review of Logging Off, ahead of publication day tomorrow!
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
I lost my sister to an online forum — here’s what needs to change
Aimee Walton killed herself aged 21 after joining a suicide forum. In Logging Off, her sister Adele Zeynep Walton argues that social media platforms need to take responsibility for their content
www.thetimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“It's a timely and useful record of what it means to have grown up online.” Thank you @thetimes.com for this review of Logging Off, ahead of publication day tomorrow!
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Instagram suspended @eswa-network.bsky.social without warning or explanation, on the eve of Int'l Sex Workers’ Rights Day. This was unacceptable censorship of a human rights network. Even though the account has now been reinstated, it should never have been suspended in the first place.
June 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Instagram suspended @eswa-network.bsky.social without warning or explanation, on the eve of Int'l Sex Workers’ Rights Day. This was unacceptable censorship of a human rights network. Even though the account has now been reinstated, it should never have been suspended in the first place.