Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil gas Governments Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Natural resource governance Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Timber Trade By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | Jan. 20, 2022 Unprecedented move against Big Tech’s business model MEPs vote in favour of new rules regulating tech companies use of tracking-based advertising Press release | Jan. 17, 2022 France/Germany: Small businesses want EU to get tough on Google and Facebook’s invasive advertising – new research YouGov poll reveals small business leaders are uncomfortable with Facebook and Google’s tracking-based advertising Statement | Dec. 6, 2021 Press statement on new lawsuit against Facebook Reaction to the news that McCue Jury & Partners filed new lawsuits against Facebook in relation to Myanmar Press release | Sept. 9, 2021 Global Witness calls on EHRC and ICO to investigate Facebook for breaking anti-discrimination and data protection laws We are submitting complaints to both regulatory bodies, calling for investigations into whether the algorithms used to promote job ads infringe the Equality Act and the data protection laws outlined in GDPR Press release | June 28, 2021 Facebook ad targeting could be used to incite sectarian violence Investigation shows that highly inflammatory content targeted at people across the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland was approved for use on Facebook shortly before riots took place in the country Press release | June 23, 2021 As Myanmar's military massacred civilians, Facebook's algorithm amplified pro-military, misleading and violent content New evidence shows that the social media giant failed to uphold its own rules on incitement to violence and spread of false information in relation to the military coup Press release | May 20, 2021 Congolese PR firm with links to former president behind smear campaign targeting Global Witness and partners, investigation suggests We have uncovered links between a politically-connected PR firm in DRC and an online smear campaign launched following the publication of a joint report with the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa Press release | April 15, 2021 “Big blow” for advertising on social media - new polling in France and Germany finds majority oppose personal information being used to target them with advertising on digital platforms New polling of regular social media users in Germany and France reveals that 83% of people don’t want their personal data used to target them with political ads. Statement | Dec. 15, 2020 Global Witness statement on the draft Digital Services Act We are disappointed the European Commission’s newly proposed Digital Services Act fails to establish any limits on the controversial practice of micro-targeting Statement | Dec. 11, 2020 Joint Statement: in solidarity with Timnit Gebru Along with the Google Walkout organisers, our organisations call on Google to strengthen its commitment to integrity, anti-racism, and adherence to the company’s own AI Principles in its research Show Next 10
