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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 12h ago
“For too long, the UK has been content to be a digital colony of Silicon Valley. We are ceding both economic value and strategic autonomy because we lack a coherent plan to stand on our own two feet.” 🗣️ Victoria Collins MP on the cross-party warning over the UK's dependence on US tech. They call for the risks to be disclosed and recognised in the National Risk Register. Read more ⬇️ https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-british-lawmakers-demand-transparency-over-us-tech-dependence/ #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #tech #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3d ago
The UK isn’t a vassal state of America. Yet Trump wants to punish us over a digital services tax. This can be resolved by ditching US Big Tech from our digital infrastructure. We should invest in open source to promote economic growth through greater innovation and a more competitive tech sector. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/trump-tariff-uk-digital-services-tax-warning #digitalsovereignty #trump #digitalservices #tech #bigtech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol #tarrif
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 4d ago
Did Palantir say the quiet bit out loud? Maybe not when clue's in the name that they're the bad guys trying to spy on everyone. But still, erm, bold to set out their sinister megalomania in a 22-point manifesto. They make the case for ditching Big Tech in favour of UK Digital Sovereignty for us tbh. https://cybernews.com/editorial/palantir-manifesto-britain-tech-dependence/ #palantir #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #bigtech #tech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 5d ago
The problem with our dependency on Big Tech is evident in Palantir's NHS contract. Signing up to a 'subscription service' for one company's exclusive software leaves us with nothing when we end the contract. With open source, we don't have to start again with a new platform when changing vendors. https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/palantir_nhs_break_clause/ #BigTech #palantir #nhs #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #UnplugBigTech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 5d ago
Handing out contracts to Big Tech platforms is a rip off. If we don't like the over-charging, tax-dodging and exporting profits overseas, we face the nightmare of vendor lock-in. They own the software, so love it or lose it. We call for UK Digital Sovereignty to turn the tide. Sign if you agree ⬇️ https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty #BigTech #palantir #nhs #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #UnplugBigTech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · 5d ago
RE: https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116446948729196049 I never thought the factory farm for human beings I work at would farm me is the new leopards eating people’s faces. #peopleFarming #siliconValley #BigTech #meta #capitalism
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@privacysafe@privacysafe.social · 5d ago
🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters “www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/resist... This is happening this Saturday (25th) in #London Rebel Tech Alliance (me) will be there doing a practical workshop to help people choose alternatives to #bigtech 😁 And C...” https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lmxw2a6utvls7woqsjflmuid/post/3mjzl3l2cx22g 🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 6d ago
The UK is in a toxic relationship. Hooking up our digital infrastructure to the proprietary systems of a few tech companies based abroad has left us over-charged and vulnerable to external threats. ORG calls on the government to put in place a UK Digital Sovereignty strategy based on open source. Read more ⬇️ https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/government/mps-campaigners-warn-uk-dependence-on-us-tech-firms-is-becoming-a-national-security-risk?itc=refresh #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #bigtech #tech #ukpolitics #ukpol #unplugbigtech
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@JulianOliver@mastodon.social · Apr 16, 2026
Do you have an unused domain that you would be happy to donate to a counter-offensive against unchecked & unregulated AI crawlers that scrape human-made content to simulate & deceive for profit? If so, pls reply to this post. Your domain would become an entrypoint to the AI tarpit & Poison-as-a-Service project below, allowing concerned public to choose to use it on their sites, helping make the project more resilient to blacklisting. https://julianoliver.com/projects/science-is-poetry/ #ai #bigtech #tacticalmedia
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026
🚨⏳ Act now! Microsoft just enabled flex routing for Copilot users in the EU - and you're opted in automatically! This means your data can be processed outside of the EU. Turn if off now: Copilot → Settings → Flex routing → Do not allow flex routing Even better, yet, cancel Copilot. Here's why: https://tuta.com/blog/microsoft-copilot-reads-confidential-business-mail #Copilot #MicrosoftAI #BigTech
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@frankps@mastodon.babb.no · Apr 18, 2026
Upgraded my Sailfish phone from Fairphone 4 to 5. WOW, what an speed improvement! And I just love the screen. Almost up and running with all my apps 😊 Thank you Fairphone for giving the user freedom, and making it so easy to install alternative operating systems! #SailfishOS #Fairphone #LinuxMobile #BigTech
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 15, 2026
The UK government has blanked the risks of US tech dependency for too long. Our digital infrastructure is a strategic asset. But that understanding is absent in how we hand out public sector contracts and allow UK tech sector sell-offs to foreign companies. We must shift the dial. Read more ⬇️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-case-for-digital-sovereignty-and-the-digital-commons/ #DigitalSovereignty #bigtech #tech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 15, 2026
"For years, a handful of Big Tech companies have used their power to gain control of the UK’s digital infrastructure, locking the government into wasteful contracts and shaping tech policy in their favour." 🗣️ ORG's @jim@social.openrightsgroup.org on our new report calling for UK Digital Sovereignty. Find out more ⬇️ https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/uk-too-reliant-on-big-tech-needs-prioritise-digital-sovereignty-say-rights-organizers #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #bigtech #tech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 15, 2026
RE: https://indieweb.social/@jbz/116407902311911594 Call data centres what they really are: data farms. It’s where they farm you for your data. You are the livestock being farmed. #PeopleFarming #BigTech #SiliconValley #capitalism #dataFarms
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@christin@lsbt.me · Mar 06, 2026
Die zerbrechlichen Ketten der BequemlichkeitEin Plädoyer für die digitale Emanzipation Europas Wir haben unsere digitale Freiheit gegen Komfort eingetauscht. Microsoft, Amazon, Google und Meta bestimmen, wie wir kommunizieren, arbeiten und denken. Der CrowdStrike-Schock war kein Unglück, er war eine Ansage. Es ist Zeit, die Ketten zu sprengen. Ein Plädoyer für die digitale Emanzipation Europas. [Mehr lesen...] https://www.christin-loehner.de/blog/die-zerbrechlichen-ketten-der-bequemlichkeit #DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FreieSoftware #Datenschutz #Privacy #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #DeleteGoogle #DeleteFacebook #BoycottAmazon #BoycottMicrosoft #BoycottApple #Überwachungskapitalismus #SurveillanceCapitalism #Fediverse #Mastodon #Dezentralisierung #Decentralization #PublicMoneyPublicCode #ÖffentlichesGeld #RightToRepair #Fairphone #Framework #SelfHosted #Nextcloud #Signal #Tor #VPN #CrowdStrike #CloudAct #DSGVO #GDPR #Hetzner #EuropeFirst #TechSovereignty #DigitalRights #DigitaleRechte #Netzpolitik #CCC #ChaosComputerClub #ByeByeElon #QuitX #LeaveX #SaveSocial #Ecosia #Startpage #uBlockOrigin #LibreWolf #Firefox #FediTips #EuropäischeWerte #EuropeanValues #TechEthics #Nachhaltigkeit #Sustainability #GeplantéObsoleszenz #PlannedObsolescence #KaufLokal #LocalFirst #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #PolitischeTech #TechForGood #KI #AI #OpenSourceAI #ZenDiS #PublicCode #Libre #GNU #Debian #Fedora #PopOS #ZorinOS #NixOS #AntiColonialism #DigitalerKolonialismus #Cloudflare #AWS #AzureAlternative #EUTech #MadeInEurope
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social · Apr 09, 2026
There are alternative email providers to #BIGTECH with all the classic features you need!  At Tuta, we offer quantum-proof encryption for your mailbox & excellent features (🔥 which our team is rolling out faster & faster 🔥).  Have you tried Automatic Reply? If not,  give it a try!  Find out more 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-automatic-reply
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@dima@dol.social · Apr 06, 2026
I was running some AWS CLI commands today and found this string in the output: "AccountCreatedDate": "2015-03-11T15:06:45Z" I completely missed the 11-year anniversary last month. Since I was born in 1995, I was only 19 when I opened this account. It is wild to realize I have been tied to Big Tech infrastructure for over a third of my life without really thinking about it. Back then, the cloud felt like the ultimate solution. But today, my main goal is to move away from it. Funny how the background processes of our digital lives can run for over a decade before we finally audit them. #AWS #BigTech #SelfHosted #HomeLab #Privacy #TechPhilosophy #Blog #Thougts #Devops
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@leavex@mastodon.social · Apr 06, 2026
Social media is turning into a freak show https://www.natesilver.net/p/social-media-has-become-a-freak-show The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on X/Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts. 1/3 #LeaveX #FarRight #BigTech #SocialMedia
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · Apr 01, 2026
All Content from Business Insider | In the AI era, revenue-per-employee is the new Big Tech metric by Alistair Barr Mort Zuckerman, middle, in 2007 with then-NYC Mayor Michael BloombergPatrick McMullan via Getty Images A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter.Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here.Revenue-per-employee is back, and it's becoming one of the most telling metrics in tech. Back in my Bloomberg News days, Mike Bloomberg obsessed over this number. The logic was straightforward: how much revenue does each employee generate? Read the original article on Business Insider Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-scorecard-revenue-per-employee-nvidia-microsoft-openai-anthropic-meta-2026-3 #ai #artificial-intelligence-investing #bigtech #businessinsider
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · Mar 31, 2026
Bloomberg Technology | Big Tech Selloff May Signal Turning Point | Bloomberg Tech 3/30/2026 Bloomberg’s Tim Stenovec discusses the selloff in tech stocks as investors weigh whether it's a turning point for the market. Plus, NASA prepares to launch Artemis II on a lunar flyby. And, investors eye a mega $75 billion SpaceX IPO and the impact Elon Musk’s Terafab plan could have on the business. (Source: Bloomberg) Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-03-30/bloomberg-tech-3-30-2026-video #bigtech #bloomberg #nasa #artemisii #spacex
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