PeopleVsBigTech

🚨 BREAKING: Overnight in Brussels
We sent a clear message to EU leaders:
📣”Fight for us, not for Trump's billionaires.”

In Brussels last night, Ava Lee, Executive Director of People vs Big Tech, urged European leaders to take action and stand up for citizens.

⚠️ Trigger warning: self-harm, suicide, eating disorders
The UK’s social media ban for minors signals a sea change in the government’s approach to Big Tech. Our investigation into TikTok's parental controls shows exactly why stronger action is needed.

#OnlineSafety #TikTok #Ofcom

🚨 The EU’s “Digital Omnibus” is being sold as simplification. Analysis shows something else: major changes that tilt the rules toward Big Tech — weakening privacy, AI safeguards, and accountability.

And yes: the far right is helping push this deregulatory agenda.

https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights

That’s why we took over the Brussels skyline as Heads of State arrived to discuss the EU’s competitiveness. The choice is clear: fight for people, not Trump’s billionaires. #TimeToResist

Europe won’t reduce its dependence on US Big Tech by weakening the very rules designed to hold tech giants accountable. Digital sovereignty requires public interest safeguards, not deregulation.

New YouGov survey across 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇵🇱 finds strong support for EU enforcement action on X.

60–78% say the EU should act further if X fails to address breaches of European law. Of those, 62–73% — nearly half of all respondents — would support banning X in the EU if it refuses to comply.

Clear public backing for data privacy, transparency, and rule of law online.

https://peoplevsbig.tech/press-release-eu-polling/

No privileged US access to Europe’s tech law oversight.

We call on the European Commission to halt plans for a new “dialogue” with the US that could weaken enforcement of EU tech laws.

https://peoplevsbig.tech/no-privileged-us-access-to-europes-tech-law-oversight-civil-society-statement/

🚨 New report from People vs Big Tech: Algorithms on X & TikTok disproportionately push content from far right parties to new users, squeezing out moderate parties. EU & French authorities must enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy.

https://peoplevsbig.tech/x-and-tiktok-algorithms-favour-the-far-right-at-the-expense-of-moderate-parties/

Big news! 🎉 We're thrilled to welcome Ava Lee as the new Executive Director of People vs Big Tech.

Her leadership marks an exciting new chapter for our movement.

https://peoplevsbig.tech/people-vs-bigtechs-new-executive-director-ava-lee/

🚨 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.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu will soon decide whether to dismantle Google's toxic adtech monopoly. Will it listen to EU citizens and #breakupbigtech?

https://peoplevsbig.tech/large-majority-of-french-german-and-spanish-public-back-tough-eu-stance-on-big-tech-despite-risk-to-trump-relations/

If you’re attending CPDP in Brussels this week, join us Wednesday for a screening of Molly vs the Machines followed by a discussion on children’s online safety, platform power, and algorithmic accountability.

The film explores how social media platforms shape young people’s online experiences. This is the first screening in Belgium, with director Marc Silver joining the panel.

🗓 Wed 20 May, 16:00–18:45
📍 CPDP Cinema, Maison de la Poste, Brussels

https://www.cpdpconferences.org/culture-club/discussion-over-molly-vs-the-machines

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Starmer said that this is about behavioural change – that is crucial. The social media companies have built addiction machines, and we hope these measures can, in time, lead to regulations that make the internet safer for children, and better for everyone.