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Vous avez entre 16 et 25 ans et vous voulez rendre les réseaux sociaux plus démocratiques ? Postulez à la campagne de People vs Big Tech pour apprendre pendant 3 jours aux côtés d'experts européens de la régulation des réseaux sociaux. Pour en savoir plus👉peoplevsbig.tech/campaign/youth…

NEW 🚨 an investigation by us Mozilla and AI Forensics has revealed critical vulnerabilities in TikTok Lite. An app with 1 Billion downloads that's mostly available to people in its Africa, LatAm and Asian markets. A thread 🧵 wired.com/story/tiktok-l…

Our statement on the ongoing far right riots in the UK. Please share far and wide. #UKRiots #Riots #riotsengland #RiotsinUK #riotsuk #disinformation #misinformation #BigTech

🚨 URGENT: We’ve put together some guidelines for journalists - and everyone else - about Big Tech’s role in the far right #riots. Please share. #Ukriots #UKRiots2024 #journorequest

How can we make social media a happier, healthier place? Today, we kicked off our Bootcamp in London 💪 Here, 16 young ambassadors will tackle this question as they explore challenges, brainstorm solutions & take action for change! #OnlineSafety #YouthAction

Enforcement is the second leg of competitiveness, as I told the European Parliament EPP IMCO Committee Press last week. Giant Chinese and U.S. tech firms dominate Europe's market by breaking EU Law. They must be pushed back, and space created for European SMEs & startups to scale.

This Wednesday ⏰ Meta has admitted that users have the right opt-out of stalker ads. Now what for our data rights? Join our webinar to explore the impact of Tanya O´Carroll’s case against Meta. 🗓️ 16 April 🕕 6–7.30pm BST 📍 Zoom Register Now ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/events/webinar…

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. IanPaintsElon.com

Will Elon take this down? Let's see...

🔥 Kumi Naidoo "We survived Apartheid, we know how to dismantle oppressive systems. We recognise their playbook because we wrote the resistance manual against it. So what I say to people in this moment of history, is pessimism is a luxury we cannot afford"

Who are the “handmaidens to authoritarianism”? In 1hr join me & Carole Cadwalladr to find out Carole broke the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 & recently gave a viral TED Talk ‘This is what a digital coup looks like’. Tune in at IanPaintsElon.com

So...I'm taking part in an experimental art-meets-tech project at 4pm BST today. I'm joining artist Ian Bruce who's in the throes of a marathon portrait painting session of Elon Musk to raise money for #FreeOurFeeds. Join us!

Excited to do this livestream tomorrow at 4pm BST with the brilliant Ian Bruce who's painting a 5-day "psychological portrait" of Elon Musk and raising funds for #FreeOurFeeds. Tune in here: IanPaintsElon.com After me tomorrow: Brian Eno at 5pm, Jon Ronson at 6!

I’m live today at 4pm BST with Ian Bruce who is painting a series of psychological portraits of Elon Musk in a 5 day livestream exploring the ‘Muskification’ of social media and what we can do about it. He’s raising funds for #FreeOurFeeds. Tune in: IanPaintsElon.com