#bigtech

@privacysafe@privacysafe.social · May 07, 2026

🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters “#AI #BigTech #censorship #CommunicationErrors #propaganda #supremacy #totalitarianism” https://americanbuddhist.net/2026/05/06/112056/ 🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

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@privacysafe@privacysafe.social · May 06, 2026

🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters “@blog Such a great read. Thank you for the thoroughness. I loved this. We need a new way to measure the #smallSocial effect. Right now people saw we fail because they only look at one platform. #BigTech...” https://btfree.social/pub/objects/01KQYG42Q6V7SDR7C3K1PYRD24 🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

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@ozoned@btfree.social · May 06, 2026

@blog@shkspr.mobi Such a great read. Thank you for the thoroughness. I loved this. We need a new way to measure the #smallSocial effect. Right now people saw we fail because they only look at one platform. #BigTech had to invent "monthly active users" to help people understand their "value". They're trying to measure us the same, but we're nowhere near the same. We're an evolution and no one will ever truly know how many of us there are. So I beg folks, don't look at one or two or three instances and say that because some arbitrary number goes down that we're losing or dieing. No no no. We're growing and learning and finding ways that Big Tech NEVER wanted to exist. Just because they use a yard stick doesn't mean we need to be constrained by that. EVERYONE please keep up the incredible work. I'll fight for this the #restOfMyLife. How about all of you? #RomL #smallSocial #smallWeb #fedi #Fediverse

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smeg

@smeg@assortedflotsam.com · May 06, 2026

"We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." -- Louis Brandeis #newbrandeis #antitrust #democracy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #wealth #wealthconcentration #politics #politicaltheory #autocracy #corporatism #corporatismisfascism #fascism #supremecourt #hipsterantitrust #ftc #regulation #regulatorycapture

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heise online

@heiseonline@social.heise.de · May 04, 2026

Sollen Meta, Google, Apple und Amazon endlich einen "fairen Beitrag" zum EU-Haushalt leisten? 🤔 Das EU-Parlament sagt: ja – und zwar dringend. Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11279452 #digitalsteuer #bigtech #eu #europaparlament #trump

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Patrick Leavy

@patrickleavy@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/116505615352305008 Get involved! Ditch #bigtech! https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html

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Tuta @Tutanota@mastodon.social

Google signed a classified AI deal with the Pentagon. Time to ditch surveillance tech‼️ Tomorrow is the next #DIDay - learn how to switch, now all recommendations are available in English thanks to @edri@eupolicy.social 👉️ https://di.day/en More Google alternatives: 👉️ https://tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list

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@unixviking@social.linux.pizza · May 03, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCd_t9dGr74 #uberwachung #bigtech #privatsphäre #surveillance #google #facebook #amazon #apple

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@forgetpassword@unredacted.social · Apr 29, 2026

@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz @mayadev@tilde.zone @Blender@mastodon.social how can you be sure of that. Yes, we don't live in the reality where blender is fully funded by donations but dismissing the notion by saying it wont exist without bigtech is dumb. First, its an opensource project, it will live on with contributors and forks Second, There are foss projects that were literally saved by donations, Thunderbird got a second life with that little donate pop-up notification. Blender could do the same. #blender #foss #bigtech #opensource

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Zach Perlman

@perlman@indieweb.social · Apr 29, 2026

Palantir tracks everyone. So I built a site that tracks Palantir. They've been watching us. Now we can watch them. Contracts. Lawsuits. Executive pay. Global footprint. Lobbying activity. Media strategies. All in one place. ›› https://palantirwatch.org #privacy #technology #surveillance #bigtech

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Steve Woods

@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 29, 2026

FX: the slamming of a door on an empty stable. The British state, if it had had any sense, would have been worrying about #DigitalSovereignty years ago. #BigTech #AI https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/29/ai-panic-uk-government-us-dependent-technology-trump

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Vlad

@newsgroup@social.vir.group · Apr 28, 2026

When big tech lobbies for regulation, it’s rarely about protecting users. It’s about cementing their own dominance by making compliance a barrier only they can afford. The moat gets deeper, the competition gets crushed. #regulation #bigtech #monopoly

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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 27, 2026

“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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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 24, 2026

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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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 23, 2026

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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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 22, 2026

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 · Apr 22, 2026

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 Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 22, 2026

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 · Apr 22, 2026

🧐 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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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 21, 2026

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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Julian Oliver

@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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