Open Rights GroupMar 4

Measures to stop online harms just rearrange the deckchairs.

To get serious about it, we must attack how social media platforms do business.

Using our data to keep us online with targeted ads and 'For You' algorithms is the engine of hate and extremism. We must #BreakBigTech.

Sign our petition (UK) ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

#bigtech #socialmedia #onlinesafety #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol #petition

Break Big Tech: Dismantle the root cause of online harms

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...

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Show threadOpen Rights GroupMar 4

The UK government is stuck treating the symptoms, not the cause of online harms.

We don’t need to ban social media or age gate the Internet.

It risks pushing children into unregulated spaces and does nothing to challenge surveillance capitalism, where Big Tech profits at our expense.

#BreakBigTech #bigtech #socialmedia #onlinesafety #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol #petition

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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

Mar 4 at 1:15pmWeb
Show threadMarioMar 4
@openrightsgroup I would also like to see more funding and promotion of decentralised alternatives.
Show threadJim KillockMar 4
@mariob @openrightsgroup That's what we mean by "Let us take our followers and data with us when we leave a platform." You cannot do this without decentralised, interoperable networks.