Elena Franklin
@elenafra.bsky.social
Campaigner | Digital Rights | Human rights
Views are my own
Views are my own
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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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...
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...
This briefing argues that tackling Big Tech’s market power is not just about market fairness – it is a human rights imperative!
Big Tech or big technology companies like Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple influence how we access and interact on the internet.
Here's why Big Tech companies are a threat to human rights ⬇️
Here's why Big Tech companies are a threat to human rights ⬇️
Why are Big Tech companies a threat to human rights?
Our new briefing, ‘Breaking up with Big Tech,’ outlines how big technology companies influence how we access the internet and how their power affects human rights.
amn.st
August 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This briefing argues that tackling Big Tech’s market power is not just about market fairness – it is a human rights imperative!
Help a Rohingya Student Make History at NYU! 🎓If anyone deserves our support, it’s Sawyeddollah, young Rohingya who alongside his family, at just 15 years old, fled the atrocities committed by the Myanmar military in 2017. Please donate and spread the appeal: gofund.me/afc4680b
Donate to Help a Rohingya Student Complete His Education, organised by Maung Sawyeddollah
My name is Maung Sawyeddollah, and I am the first Rohingya refugee t… Maung Sawyeddollah needs your support for Help a Rohingya Student Complete His Education
gofund.me
May 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Help a Rohingya Student Make History at NYU! 🎓If anyone deserves our support, it’s Sawyeddollah, young Rohingya who alongside his family, at just 15 years old, fled the atrocities committed by the Myanmar military in 2017. Please donate and spread the appeal: gofund.me/afc4680b
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J’ai déposé une plainte contre Facebook auprès de l’Arcom hier, pour manquement à ses obligations liées au Digital Services Act (DSA). La raison : une modération aux abonnés absents, impliquant un potentiel risque systémique.
May 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
J’ai déposé une plainte contre Facebook auprès de l’Arcom hier, pour manquement à ses obligations liées au Digital Services Act (DSA). La raison : une modération aux abonnés absents, impliquant un potentiel risque systémique.
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So, Internet, we really do need to talk about Elon. How did we get to a place where a single billionaire with daddy issues could take over and control our global public square?
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
We Need To Talk About Elon
I’m a portrait artist, fascinated by what Elon Musk is doing to our online and offline worlds. Join me as I spend a week, alongside special guests, exploring...
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So, Internet, we really do need to talk about Elon. How did we get to a place where a single billionaire with daddy issues could take over and control our global public square?
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
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🚨 TikTok is still failing to address serious risks of harm to children and young people’s mental health almost 18 months after @Amnesty highlighted these risks in an extensive research project. Our analysis marking #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
TikTok fails to address risks to children and young people’s mental health despite past warnings - Amnesty International
TikTok is failing to address serious risks of harm to young users’ mental and physical health almost 18 months after Amnesty International highlighted these risks in a groundbreaking report. Ahead of ...
www.amnesty.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🚨 TikTok is still failing to address serious risks of harm to children and young people’s mental health almost 18 months after @Amnesty highlighted these risks in an extensive research project. Our analysis marking #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
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The EU is set to finalise the rules that will govern advanced AI.
🧐 New research together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social reveals:
⚠️ Big Tech enjoys privileged access to drafting the Code of Practice on General-Purpose AI
⚠️ A glaring conflict of interest
👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/c...
🧐 New research together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social reveals:
⚠️ Big Tech enjoys privileged access to drafting the Code of Practice on General-Purpose AI
⚠️ A glaring conflict of interest
👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/c...
Coded for privileged access | Corporate Europe Observatory
The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code.
corporateeurope.org
April 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The EU is set to finalise the rules that will govern advanced AI.
🧐 New research together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social reveals:
⚠️ Big Tech enjoys privileged access to drafting the Code of Practice on General-Purpose AI
⚠️ A glaring conflict of interest
👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/c...
🧐 New research together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social reveals:
⚠️ Big Tech enjoys privileged access to drafting the Code of Practice on General-Purpose AI
⚠️ A glaring conflict of interest
👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/c...
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While X cracks down on parody accounts, Big Tech platforms are failing to protect users from online violence and abuse. Social media algorithms actively amplify and escalate violent and hateful content to generate likes and shares, sometimes with dangerous consequences.
April 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
While X cracks down on parody accounts, Big Tech platforms are failing to protect users from online violence and abuse. Social media algorithms actively amplify and escalate violent and hateful content to generate likes and shares, sometimes with dangerous consequences.
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📢 NEW: Investigative journalists in Serbia targeted with Pegasus spyware
Our team at @amnesty.org's Security Lab have found new evidence that Serbian authorities continue using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against Serbian civil society.
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/...
Our team at @amnesty.org's Security Lab have found new evidence that Serbian authorities continue using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against Serbian civil society.
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/...
Journalists targeted with Pegasus spyware - Amnesty International Security Lab
Amnesty International has found evidence that two journalists at the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (“BIRN”), an award-winning network of investigative journalists, were targeted ...
securitylab.amnesty.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📢 NEW: Investigative journalists in Serbia targeted with Pegasus spyware
Our team at @amnesty.org's Security Lab have found new evidence that Serbian authorities continue using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against Serbian civil society.
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/...
Our team at @amnesty.org's Security Lab have found new evidence that Serbian authorities continue using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against Serbian civil society.
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/...
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Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
March 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
Amazing resistance case against Meta!
Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta
www.thetimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Amazing resistance case against Meta!
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Our new @amnesty.org's report, "A Deafening Silence", exposes how Ukrainian prisoners of war & civilians held captive by #Russia are being deliberately cut off from the outside world, facing torture and other ill-treatment in detention, and even unlawful killings.
👉🏽 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
👉🏽 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Russia/Ukraine: Ill-treatment of Ukrainians in Russian captivity amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity
Russian authorities have subjected Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian captives to torture, prolonged incommunicado detention, enforced disappearance and other inhumane treatment, which amo...
www.amnesty.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our new @amnesty.org's report, "A Deafening Silence", exposes how Ukrainian prisoners of war & civilians held captive by #Russia are being deliberately cut off from the outside world, facing torture and other ill-treatment in detention, and even unlawful killings.
👉🏽 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
👉🏽 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
www.propublica.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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Our research reveals that YouTube’s Anorexia Algorithm promotes eating disorder content to young girls in the US, UK & EU.
During Eating Disorder Awareness Week it is especially important to call on YouTube to stop hurting young girls. Add your name to our letter to YouTube 👇
During Eating Disorder Awareness Week it is especially important to call on YouTube to stop hurting young girls. Add your name to our letter to YouTube 👇
YouTube is Harming Young Girls
Urge YouTube to stop enabling and profiting from content that encourages eating disorders or self-harm.
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our research reveals that YouTube’s Anorexia Algorithm promotes eating disorder content to young girls in the US, UK & EU.
During Eating Disorder Awareness Week it is especially important to call on YouTube to stop hurting young girls. Add your name to our letter to YouTube 👇
During Eating Disorder Awareness Week it is especially important to call on YouTube to stop hurting young girls. Add your name to our letter to YouTube 👇
David Tennant IS the best host of Bafta! Love the signing too..
Text I sent my husband this afternoon:
"David is at the BAFTAs with Crowley hair, wearing a kilt and *singing*! Due to unrelated personal reasons, I am now deceased"
Anyone else absolutely NEVER getting over this? Because, not to be weird but I'm pretty sure I will think about it forever 🤣
"David is at the BAFTAs with Crowley hair, wearing a kilt and *singing*! Due to unrelated personal reasons, I am now deceased"
Anyone else absolutely NEVER getting over this? Because, not to be weird but I'm pretty sure I will think about it forever 🤣
OH IT'S HERE AT LEAST THE SONG! #BAFTA youtu.be/uXdWCVKbLF4
February 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
David Tennant IS the best host of Bafta! Love the signing too..
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Instead of chasing symptoms, address (foreign, domestic, tech) causes!
1) European Democracy Shield should broaden its scope to hybrid threats & be linked to
2) European Preparedness Union, which should include building digital sovereignty & democratic resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/defending-ou...
1) European Democracy Shield should broaden its scope to hybrid threats & be linked to
2) European Preparedness Union, which should include building digital sovereignty & democratic resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/defending-ou...
Defending our democracy starts with us, not with a shield. — Defend Democracy
For the European Democracy Shield to do what it says, it must encompass the full spectrum of hybrid threats, not only foreign disinformation. It also must be part of the European Preparedness Union St...
defenddemocracy.eu
February 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Instead of chasing symptoms, address (foreign, domestic, tech) causes!
1) European Democracy Shield should broaden its scope to hybrid threats & be linked to
2) European Preparedness Union, which should include building digital sovereignty & democratic resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/defending-ou...
1) European Democracy Shield should broaden its scope to hybrid threats & be linked to
2) European Preparedness Union, which should include building digital sovereignty & democratic resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/defending-ou...
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I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do.
With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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"Masculine Energy"
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"Masculine Energy"
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New @amnesty.org investigation reveals Serbian police is using phone spyware to unlawfully target journalists & activists.
Our report details how Serbian spyware NoviSpy & Israeli forensic products Cellebrite are extracting data from mobile devices. More here 👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Our report details how Serbian spyware NoviSpy & Israeli forensic products Cellebrite are extracting data from mobile devices. More here 👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Serbia: Authorities using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists
Serbian authorities are using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists in a surveillance campaign.
www.amnesty.org
December 16, 2024 at 12:19 PM
New @amnesty.org investigation reveals Serbian police is using phone spyware to unlawfully target journalists & activists.
Our report details how Serbian spyware NoviSpy & Israeli forensic products Cellebrite are extracting data from mobile devices. More here 👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Our report details how Serbian spyware NoviSpy & Israeli forensic products Cellebrite are extracting data from mobile devices. More here 👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump
(Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
(Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
TESLA = TRUMP
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2024 at 10:39 AM
How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump
(Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
(Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...