Tech Oversight Project
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The Tech Oversight Project is a nonprofit dedicated to holding Big Tech accountable by passing comprehensive antitrust, privacy protections, and children's safety legislation.
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📜 The USMCA comes up for review in 2026 — and we need to eliminate the provisions that Big Tech uses to manipulate markets and rip off consumers.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📜 The USMCA comes up for review in 2026 — and we need to eliminate the provisions that Big Tech uses to manipulate markets and rip off consumers.
Pennsylvania’s judicial elections turned into a fight over billionaire influence.
Three Democratic justices kept their seats after voters rejected a campaign bankrolled by TikTok investor Jeffrey Yass — the state’s richest man.
Three Democratic justices kept their seats after voters rejected a campaign bankrolled by TikTok investor Jeffrey Yass — the state’s richest man.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Pennsylvania’s judicial elections turned into a fight over billionaire influence.
Three Democratic justices kept their seats after voters rejected a campaign bankrolled by TikTok investor Jeffrey Yass — the state’s richest man.
Three Democratic justices kept their seats after voters rejected a campaign bankrolled by TikTok investor Jeffrey Yass — the state’s richest man.
He called out how FIFA’s World Cup ticket system used AI to see “how much they can get away with charging.”
It landed because people recognized it: the same profit logic behind social-media algorithms now deciding what you pay — everything from groceries to concert prices.
It landed because people recognized it: the same profit logic behind social-media algorithms now deciding what you pay — everything from groceries to concert prices.
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
He called out how FIFA’s World Cup ticket system used AI to see “how much they can get away with charging.”
It landed because people recognized it: the same profit logic behind social-media algorithms now deciding what you pay — everything from groceries to concert prices.
It landed because people recognized it: the same profit logic behind social-media algorithms now deciding what you pay — everything from groceries to concert prices.
NYC just elected a mayor who went after Big Tech’s newest scam: dynamic pricing.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social called out how Big Tech is using AI to price gouge — charging more when demand spikes, your data says you’ll pay it, or an algorithm thinks it can get away with it.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social called out how Big Tech is using AI to price gouge — charging more when demand spikes, your data says you’ll pay it, or an algorithm thinks it can get away with it.
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NYC just elected a mayor who went after Big Tech’s newest scam: dynamic pricing.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social called out how Big Tech is using AI to price gouge — charging more when demand spikes, your data says you’ll pay it, or an algorithm thinks it can get away with it.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social called out how Big Tech is using AI to price gouge — charging more when demand spikes, your data says you’ll pay it, or an algorithm thinks it can get away with it.
"We don't want him to be statistic. He needs to be the last one."
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (or 1-800-273-8255) to connect with a trained counselor or visit the NSPL site.
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (or 1-800-273-8255) to connect with a trained counselor or visit the NSPL site.
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"We don't want him to be statistic. He needs to be the last one."
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (or 1-800-273-8255) to connect with a trained counselor or visit the NSPL site.
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (or 1-800-273-8255) to connect with a trained counselor or visit the NSPL site.
TRIGGER WARNING: OpenAI's dangerous and unsafe products tragically contributed to Zane Shamblin dying by suicide. The transcripts are heart-breaking.
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
TRIGGER WARNING: OpenAI's dangerous and unsafe products tragically contributed to Zane Shamblin dying by suicide. The transcripts are heart-breaking.
NJ just elected a governor who gets how Big Tech affects people’s daily lives & is ready to act.
Governor-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social made two issues — AI-data-center-driven energy costs and kids’ online safety — the backbone of a single argument: Big Tech is driving up costs & harming kids.
Governor-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social made two issues — AI-data-center-driven energy costs and kids’ online safety — the backbone of a single argument: Big Tech is driving up costs & harming kids.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NJ just elected a governor who gets how Big Tech affects people’s daily lives & is ready to act.
Governor-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social made two issues — AI-data-center-driven energy costs and kids’ online safety — the backbone of a single argument: Big Tech is driving up costs & harming kids.
Governor-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social made two issues — AI-data-center-driven energy costs and kids’ online safety — the backbone of a single argument: Big Tech is driving up costs & harming kids.
Virginia’s elections proved voters are paying attention to Big Tech’s footprint — especially when it drives up the cost of living.
Governor-elect @abigailspanberger.com made that link clear: AI data centers are straining the grid, and families are the ones paying for it.
Governor-elect @abigailspanberger.com made that link clear: AI data centers are straining the grid, and families are the ones paying for it.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Virginia’s elections proved voters are paying attention to Big Tech’s footprint — especially when it drives up the cost of living.
Governor-elect @abigailspanberger.com made that link clear: AI data centers are straining the grid, and families are the ones paying for it.
Governor-elect @abigailspanberger.com made that link clear: AI data centers are straining the grid, and families are the ones paying for it.
👁️ ICE is building its own social network — not to connect people, but to track them. Using social media to search for "crimes" has evolved into using Big Tech's infrastructure to scan for criticism.
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
👁️ ICE is building its own social network — not to connect people, but to track them. Using social media to search for "crimes" has evolved into using Big Tech's infrastructure to scan for criticism.
🗳️ Voters across the country are casting ballots in races that will decide state power for years to come. But the Big Tech platforms that contextualize elections are more broken than ever.
The sad truth: it didn't have to be this way.
The sad truth: it didn't have to be this way.
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🗳️ Voters across the country are casting ballots in races that will decide state power for years to come. But the Big Tech platforms that contextualize elections are more broken than ever.
The sad truth: it didn't have to be this way.
The sad truth: it didn't have to be this way.
New filings show Big Tech spent nearly $6 million lobbying California this year — a 36% jump in Q3 alone. The surge came as lawmakers weighed bills on AI guardrails, kids’ safety, and algorithmic fairness.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New filings show Big Tech spent nearly $6 million lobbying California this year — a 36% jump in Q3 alone. The surge came as lawmakers weighed bills on AI guardrails, kids’ safety, and algorithmic fairness.
@rosen.senate.gov sums it up: "We've seen agencies across the Trump administration try to force private organizations, educational institutions, journalists...essentially agreeing to silence themselves in order to gain access to basic government services, to federal funding."
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@rosen.senate.gov sums it up: "We've seen agencies across the Trump administration try to force private organizations, educational institutions, journalists...essentially agreeing to silence themselves in order to gain access to basic government services, to federal funding."
@amyklobuchar.com: “Meta plans to use people’s conversations with Meta AI chatbots to personalize ads served to them. How will Meta protect people’s privacy while selling information about their private conversations to advertisers?”
Meta exec: No answer
Meta exec: No answer
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@amyklobuchar.com: “Meta plans to use people’s conversations with Meta AI chatbots to personalize ads served to them. How will Meta protect people’s privacy while selling information about their private conversations to advertisers?”
Meta exec: No answer
Meta exec: No answer
These Big Tech execs are purporting to care about "free speech." They haven't mentioned the part where they cave to government threats, fund their enforcers, and turn user harm into quarterly growth.
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
These Big Tech execs are purporting to care about "free speech." They haven't mentioned the part where they cave to government threats, fund their enforcers, and turn user harm into quarterly growth.
Harold Feld from @publicknowledge.bsky.social : "The fundamental problem facing American discourse today is not whether platforms moderate content, but rather that only a handful of massive technology companies control how millions of Americans receive information..."
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Harold Feld from @publicknowledge.bsky.social : "The fundamental problem facing American discourse today is not whether platforms moderate content, but rather that only a handful of massive technology companies control how millions of Americans receive information..."
“Committed to teen safety” is doing a lot of work for a company that can’t filter 98% of harmful posts.
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Committed to teen safety” is doing a lot of work for a company that can’t filter 98% of harmful posts.
LEAKED: Teens who said Instagram made them feel bad about their bodies were shown 3x more eating-disorder-adjacent content than their peers, according to Meta's own research
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
LEAKED: Teens who said Instagram made them feel bad about their bodies were shown 3x more eating-disorder-adjacent content than their peers, according to Meta's own research
“Tweeting doesn’t make it true.”
OpenAI is already failing young people & families – @sachalouise.bsky.social talks w/ @nbcbayarea.com about why we can't trust Sam Altman to protect kids' safety and mental health as he announces new plans to add “erotica” to ChatGPT:
OpenAI is already failing young people & families – @sachalouise.bsky.social talks w/ @nbcbayarea.com about why we can't trust Sam Altman to protect kids' safety and mental health as he announces new plans to add “erotica” to ChatGPT:
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“Tweeting doesn’t make it true.”
OpenAI is already failing young people & families – @sachalouise.bsky.social talks w/ @nbcbayarea.com about why we can't trust Sam Altman to protect kids' safety and mental health as he announces new plans to add “erotica” to ChatGPT:
OpenAI is already failing young people & families – @sachalouise.bsky.social talks w/ @nbcbayarea.com about why we can't trust Sam Altman to protect kids' safety and mental health as he announces new plans to add “erotica” to ChatGPT:
This playbook isn’t new.
Crypto PACs spent over $40 million trying to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown after he backed basic guardrails for digital assets. Expect AI money to follow the same path — but with even more zeros attached.
Crypto PACs spent over $40 million trying to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown after he backed basic guardrails for digital assets. Expect AI money to follow the same path — but with even more zeros attached.
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This playbook isn’t new.
Crypto PACs spent over $40 million trying to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown after he backed basic guardrails for digital assets. Expect AI money to follow the same path — but with even more zeros attached.
Crypto PACs spent over $40 million trying to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown after he backed basic guardrails for digital assets. Expect AI money to follow the same path — but with even more zeros attached.
Meta just launched two new Super PACs — one targeting state lawmakers deemed “not friendly enough” to AI, and another planning to spend tens of millions electing pro-tech candidates.
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Meta just launched two new Super PACs — one targeting state lawmakers deemed “not friendly enough” to AI, and another planning to spend tens of millions electing pro-tech candidates.
🧵 In a new interview with @endcitizensunited.bsky.social, @sachalouise.bsky.social breaks down how Big Tech’s new AI super PAC war chests are a naked attempt to crush regulation, influence elections, and intimidate politicians in California & across the country.
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🧵 In a new interview with @endcitizensunited.bsky.social, @sachalouise.bsky.social breaks down how Big Tech’s new AI super PAC war chests are a naked attempt to crush regulation, influence elections, and intimidate politicians in California & across the country.
📺 WATCH: Morning Joe agrees: Donald Trump is giving tax cuts to Big Tech monopolists and skyrocketing health care costs for every day people.
October 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📺 WATCH: Morning Joe agrees: Donald Trump is giving tax cuts to Big Tech monopolists and skyrocketing health care costs for every day people.
If @gavinnewsom.bsky.social signs LEAD for Kids into law, it would cap a year where California lawmakers, families and advocates took on Big Tech — and won.
October 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If @gavinnewsom.bsky.social signs LEAD for Kids into law, it would cap a year where California lawmakers, families and advocates took on Big Tech — and won.
Newsom has already signed @scottwiener.bsky.social ’s SB 53, a broad AI accountability bill, and Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry’s AB 325, which bans AI-driven algorithmic price collusion. But some of the toughest fights — over kids’ safety and consumer privacy — are still waiting for his signature.
October 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Newsom has already signed @scottwiener.bsky.social ’s SB 53, a broad AI accountability bill, and Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry’s AB 325, which bans AI-driven algorithmic price collusion. But some of the toughest fights — over kids’ safety and consumer privacy — are still waiting for his signature.
AB 1064 would put guardrails on any AI chatbot aimed at children, make companies publicly disclose youth safety protocols, and make those standards legally binding — a direct response to mounting evidence that these products can reinforce self-harm, eating disorders, and other dangerous behavior.
October 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
AB 1064 would put guardrails on any AI chatbot aimed at children, make companies publicly disclose youth safety protocols, and make those standards legally binding — a direct response to mounting evidence that these products can reinforce self-harm, eating disorders, and other dangerous behavior.