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  • Sept. 18, 2023

    Social media bosses must invest in guarding global elections against incitement of hate and violence

    Op-ed by Sherylle Dass, Regional Director of the Legal Resources Centre and a Steering Group member of the Global Coalition for Tech Justice. Originally published in the Daily Maverick on 15 September 2023.

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  • Henry Peck / June 30, 2023

    Where Big Tech and climate change meet – perspectives on accountability and action

    How do we measure the full environmental impact of Big Tech? We spoke with leading climate activists about the concerns linking the digital rights and climate movements

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  • Naomi Hirst / April 3, 2023

    TikTok grilled by Congress – and pressed on our findings

    Whilst in the hotseat, Shou Zi Chew of TikTok was confronted by US Congress with the troubling results of a Global Witness investigation into the platform

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  • Henry Peck / Dec. 20, 2022

    Exposing social media platforms’ failures to protect their users

    Since March we’ve been testing the ability of social media companies to detect hate speech and misinformation, exposing stark differences in these platforms’ abilities to enforce their own policies

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  • Rosie Sharpe / Nov. 11, 2022

    Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter highlights the need for government regulation of social media companies

    The Digital Services Act enters into force later this month and heralds a new era for tech accountability

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  • Aug. 24, 2022

    Online disinformation threatens the integrity of the Brazilian presidential election

    At such a critical moment for the climate and Brazilian democracy, Big Tech companies must take urgent action to tackle election-related disinformation on their platforms

    Demonstration against Brazilian President Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo
  • Ava Lee / Aug. 3, 2022

    Is Facebook Putting Kenya’s Democracy At Risk?

    In July a Global Witness and Foxglove investigation revealed that Facebook is failing to detect hate on its platform in Kenya. Then a Kenyan Government watchdog agency announced Facebook had seven days to tackle this issue or risk being shut down

    Social media use ahead of Kenyan election, April 2022
  • Nienke Palstra / July 5, 2022

    Brussels takes on Big Tech: The good, the bad and the ugly

    The Digital Services Act is the most sweeping set of rules to regulate tech companies anywhere in the world. Our take on what these rules do, and don’t, achieve

    An activist of environmental NGO Avaaz wearing a mask depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a banner reading "Regulate me" during an action marking the release of the Digital Services Act, outside the European Commission
  • May 27, 2022

    What is climate disinformation?

    Climate disinformation is hindering our ability to combat the gravest threat of our time

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  • Nienke Palstra / Sept. 21, 2021

    Spotlight on Big Tech’s lobbying in Brussels

    We've launched a new Twitter bot, @EUTechWatch, to monitor Big Tech’s access to EU officials

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