Global Coalition for Tech Justice

Calling all activists and changemakers! Global Tech Justice event this Thursday 1-4pm UTC! A truly amazing line-up of policymakers and civic leaders on upholding democracy and human rights in the age of tech oligarchy, come join us!

Members of Meta's @OversightBoard should step down. “They are there to hold the company to account, not to act as a fig leaf for Meta’s assault on human rights and democracy,” @Monashtayya of @DigitalActionCo told @WillOremus @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Enough is enough! We are calling on members of Meta’s @OversightBoard to publicly resign in protest at decisions of global consequence taken by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in recent weeks. More in our open letter yearofdemocracy.org/an-open-letter…

New briefing on India elections, authored by GCTJ members @FoundationTLS @indiacivilwatch @DigitalActionCo, reveals that Muslim citizens lost their lives and election laws were broken in a context of Big Tech compliance and platform safety failures yearofdemocracy.org/post-elections…

New report by @CODE_DigiEthics, a GCTJ member, paints a fuller picture of the Big Tech failures, which have undermined the integrity of the May 2024 South Africa vote and the country’s democratic processes code-sa.org/post/new-repor…

📢Fantastic job opportunity! Become one of @DigitalAction's new Co-Executive Directors to work with an amazing team and partners for global tech accountability and justice. Apply by November 21st: digitalaction.co/join-our-team/

Meta has undermined democracy and activists’ safety in Tunisia ahead of the October 2024 ballot, according to our latest briefing co-written with @GC_TechJustice member @Intersectionuno, as well as @IWatchTN yearofdemocracy.org/tunisia-countr…

This month's #Jordan ballot proved that Big Tech bros still don't care...Meta, Google/YouTube and X didn't even disclose their plans to safeguard information integrity and the elections at a time of heightened tensions in the region. More in our briefing shorturl.at/eTkbp

Tunisians are heading to the polls tomorrow amid a countrywide crackdown on opposition & dissidents. Despite this & rising regional tensions, Big Tech companies haven't shared detailed, country-specific plans to protect people and elections in Tunisia. shorturl.at/8v6oN

Excited for tomorrow's experience-sharing session at #FIFA24 that will unpack challenges to accessing social media platform data in Africa and the impacts on the #yearofdemocracy. @PollicyOrg

For more information about tech companies acting like they're not bound by local laws, despite the fact they're operating in South Africa, read our election briefing, co-authored by @LRCSouthAfrica & @DigitalActionCo yearofdemocracy.org/south-africa-c…

South Africa's information regulator is investigating Google, Meta and X for potential breaches of access to information laws. @LRCSouthAfrica raised alarm about refusal of Big Tech companies to disclose their election plans upon request already in May. shorturl.at/Nyd19

Coalition open letter: Big Tech companies must protect MENA elections amid rising authoritarianism and geopolitical tensions! As Jordanians head to the polls today, business as usual is not an option. yearofdemocracy.org/urgent-call-fo…

@ForeignPolicy writes about the X/Twitter saga in Brazil and mentions our open letter specifically targeted at Musk, calling on global policymakers to institute minimum tech accountability standards. Enough is enough! foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/05/elo…

In light of Musk’s complete disregard for the rule of law in Brazil, 250 rights groups and tech accountability experts from the Global Coalition for Tech Justice and others are calling on lawmakers to reign in the harmful acts and omissions of X! shorturl.at/RESKE

Digital Action's @boomartins told @lemondefr that X's ban in Brazil "was based on the refusal to comply with the law and to pay fines, and the Supreme Court had little to no choice." lemonde.fr/en/pixels/arti…

Musk's lack of compliance in Brazil makes it clear "that he will continue to defy these court orders when they come from countries with slightly more progressive governments and that are not part of his political alignment," @boomartins told @theintercept shorturl.at/XRZrh

With X's future in Brazil hanging in the balance, Digital Action's @boomartins spoke to the BBC about the logistics of blocking the platform in the country bbc.com/portuguese/art…

Our steering committee member @ninocasan told @elpaisinenglish a thing or two about Big Tech's massive failures in non-English speaking countries: ‘Second class: That’s how tech platforms treat citizens of the Global South’ english.elpais.com/international/…