Our report details how we can improve the online environment by empowering users.
Pursuing online safety in ways that preserve and even strengthen the dominance of Big Tech is a self-defeating mission.
We need to break these monopolies and push for competition through interoperability.
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A report and recommendations to improve on the online environment through user empowerment Social media platforms dominate the online “attention market,” where user engagement and personal data are monetised through targeted advertising.
ORG calls on the UK Government to:
✅️ Uphold data protection law to tackle targeted advertising that fuel the attention economy and feed online hate.
✅️ Compel social media companies to be transparent about algorithms and give users control over them.
✅️ Introduce social media switching rights similar to banking and mobile phones, so we can change platforms without losing networks.
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Social media giants have pushed engagement-driven designs to keep us on their platforms, so they can harvest our data for advertising revenues.
The landmark verdict against Meta and Google is a crucial step in acknowledging that Big Tech's harmful business models are creating toxic online spaces.
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The UK Government should take note. Age ID checks for Internet access won't solve online harms.
It does nothing to tackle their structural causes: advertising-driven business models built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement.
All it does is threaten privacy. We must #BreakBigTech.
#onlinesafety #bigtech #socialmedia #meta #google #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
An LA Court's ruling on Meta and Google exposes the real causes of online harms.
Engagement-driven design and data-fuelled advertising business models put people at risk.
Yet the UK government's approach to online safety has focussed on keeping kids out and locking adults in to toxic platforms.
#onlinesafety #meta #google #youtube #bigtech #socialmedia #ukpolitics #ukpol #BreakBigTech
The UK government is stuck treating the symptoms, not the root cause of online harms.
Nothing changes until we break the business model that drives hate and extremism; the harvesting of our data to maximise engagement and fuel advertising.
It's time to #BreakBigTech.
Sign and share our petition ⬇️
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech
#onlinesafety #meta #google #youtube #bigtech #socialmedia #ukpolitics #ukpol
Platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram harvest our personal data so that they can target us with ads. Their platforms are designed to keep us online, pushing out content that will keep us engaged. Their power to shape and control what we see online is not only harming children and adults but democracy itself. But we often feel locked in, not wanting to leave the spaces where we still have friends, family and followers. The Government says it’s holding Big Tech to account over online...
Platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram harvest our personal data so that they can target us with ads. Their platforms are designed to keep us online, pushing out content that will keep us engaged. Their power to shape and control what we see online is not only harming children and adults but democracy itself. But we often feel locked in, not wanting to leave the spaces where we still have friends, family and followers. The Government says it’s holding Big Tech to account over online...
Ending online harms isn't a game of whack-a-mole.
The only way is to bust the business model that rewards harmful results.
Nothing changes until we break the spell that keeps us on platforms; the harvesting of our data to maximise engagement and fuel advertising.
We need to get off the regulatory treadmill and #BreakBigTech.
Sign the petition ⬇️
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech
#OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #bigtech #meta #x #musk #zuckerberg #ukpolitics #ukpol
Platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram harvest our personal data so that they can target us with ads. Their platforms are designed to keep us online, pushing out content that will keep us engaged. Their power to shape and control what we see online is not only harming children and adults but democracy itself. But we often feel locked in, not wanting to leave the spaces where we still have friends, family and followers. The Government says it’s holding Big Tech to account over online...
Platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram harvest our personal data so that they can target us with ads. Their platforms are designed to keep us online, pushing out content that will keep us engaged. Their power to shape and control what we see online is not only harming children and adults but democracy itself. But we often feel locked in, not wanting to leave the spaces where we still have friends, family and followers. The Government says it’s holding Big Tech to account over online...
We must pull online harms out by the roots, not simply prune them.
To #BreakBigTech, we must:
🟢 Enforce data protection to stop targeted ads.
🟢 Make algorithms transparent and give us control over them.
🟢 Let us take our followers and data with us when we leave a platform.
#bigtech #socialmedia #onlinesafety #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol #petition
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