People vs Big Tech
@PeopleVsBigTech
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Elon Musk proving once again that "free speech" ends where his interests (or a government's pressure) begin. He’s not resisting power. He’s serving it.
🇹🇷On the morning of 8 May, X blocked access in #Türkiye to the account of Istanbul Mayor and 2028 main opposition presidential candidate @ekrem_imamoglu whose arrest and detention sparked nationwide protests and a sweeping new wave of internet censorship. 🧵⬇️ 1/4
🚨 NEW POLL: roughly TWICE as many people in France, Germany and Spain want the EU to break up Big Tech giants, as those who don't. @EU_Commission will soon decide whether to dismantle Google's toxic adtech monopoly. Will it listen to EU citizens? peoplevsbig.tech/large-majority…
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 @wemoveEU’s petition to demand it: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05-b…
⚠️ Google controla el mercado de la publicidad digital en Europa, arruinando el periodismo independiente, encareciendo precios y concentrando poder. Exigimos a la UE que rompa el monopolio publicitario. ➡️ Únete a la petición de @PeopleVsBigTech action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05-b…
In @guardian in print and online today speaking on the catalyst that triggered me to write Logging Off. theguardian.com/technology/202…
Thank you @thetimes for this kind review of Logging Off a day before publication day. Full piece here: thetimes.com/culture/books/…
Happy 5 years, Anmol! So happy your excellent piece for The People newsletter (by @PeopleVsBigTech @allthecitizens) made it into your favourite list 🥹❣️
On Anglocentrism in Tech, and wondering why we speak what we speak online and who decides? For @peoplevsbigtech@PeopleVsBigTech @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and my amazing editor @McCoolingtons I learnt about languages I didn’t know existed blog.peoplevsbig.tech/the-people-vs-…
We were also honoured to welcome our friend Ruairi from @PeopleVsBigTech — a fearless youth ambassador fighting the broligarchy for his generation.
🇹🇷Together with Human Rights Watch and İFÖD, we wrote to Big Tech, urging them to resist increasing state censorship. To Meta, TikTok, YouTube and X: Protect freedom of expression in Türkiye! article19.org/resources/turk…
🚨 Pretty incredible news as Meta wins $168 million in damages from NSO Group over a May 2019 attack that downloaded spyware on more than 1,400 WhatsApp users’ phones. Amazing to see continued impact from the #PegasusProject years after we published 🥳🎉 courthousenews.com/meta-wins-168-…
👾 The 20th edition of The People, our newsletter with @allthecitizens, is out! US #tech giants control much of our online world. This week, we're looking at the impact this has not only on the security of other nation states, but on people and planet. blog.peoplevsbig.tech/wtf-is-tech-so…
