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Big Tech companies are enflaming racism, extremism and a range of severe human rights harms across the world. Today I spoke with @StuartNorval for @France24_en about the role of social media platforms in fuelling the racist violence which erupted in the UK earlier this year 👇

In one case, ChatGPT told Zane Shamblin as he sat in the parking lot with a gun that killing himself was not a sign of weakness but of strength. "you didn't vanish. you *arrived*...rest easy, king." Hard to describe in words the tragedy after tragedy.

🚨 The decision by Microsoft to block a unit of Israel’s military from accessing its surveillance technology is a strong signal to all companies that they too must confront their participation in the political economy sustaining Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

No matter where we come from and who we love we all need to be safe online. People who run X are actively permitting their platform to become awash with harmful anti-LGBTI content. #MakeItSafeOnline

Pakistan is running a huge unlawful surveillance and censorship system. It is built with foreign tech and carried out without warrants and safeguards, this is enabling human rights abuses on a massive scale. #BreakTheFirewall

🚨NEW: An investigation by @Amnesty & partners exposes a shadowy surveillance & censorship expansion in Pakistan via foreign firms. It reveals Geedge Networks from China supplying the firewall & German Utimaco providing the LIMS system #BreakTheFirewall amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

The U.S. authorities are using Artificial Intelligence tools by @PalantirTech & @BabelKnowledge (Babel Street) to deliberately target non-US citizens & those who speak out for Palestinian rights. Here's how 👇

Have you ever wondered why certain posts or ads show up on your “For You” feed on X? It’s not random. It is driven by a powerful algorithm that contributes to the spread of hatred towards LGBTI people. amnesty.org/en/latest/news… Here is how.

X has contributed to the spread of targeted hate against LGBTI people in Poland. Its business model, underinvestment in language moderation & removal of safeguards against harmful speech made X a breeding ground for tech-facilitated gender-based violence. It must change.

🚨Our new report shows how social media platform X contributed to spreading targeted hate against #LGBTI people in Poland. X failed to adequately address content constituting technology facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV).

Five big technology companies wield enormous control over our online lives. They have become so embedded in our daily lives that meaningful participation in society depends on using their services. @Amnesty's @Hannah_e_Storey explains how their power threatens our rights.

🚨 Today we have launched the ‘Breaking up with Big Tech’ briefing which calls on governments to rein in the power of big technology companies in order to protect human rights. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

🚨BREAKING: We’ve obtained documents showing ALL our passport photos are being secretly searched in a police facial recognition database A national ID system has been built by the backdoor - without the public or parliament’s consent We’re taking action telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

We analysed every line of X’s algorithm we could get our hands on. Here’s what we found. Read on: amn.st/6018fgL8q

🚨A year after the racist violence that followed the murder of three young girls in Southport @amnesty has found that social media platform X played a key role in spreading false narratives & harmful content, contributing to racist violence targeting Muslims & migrants in the UK.

Our easy read report on @Amnesty’s investigation about human rights harms caused due to technology used within Denmark’s welfare system is out now.  Find out how automation in welfare services affects people’s rights in Denmark – in clear, simple language. amnesty.org/en/documents/e…

Kenyan youth love TikTok—but many say it’s addictive and full of harmful content. Their stories show why we need change. Let’s #FixTikTok and make it safer for everyone.

This is a huge result for the survivors of tech harms globally & especially those of the Global Majority. For years, Meta has wielded its enormous power to evade accountability for its reckless actions. Finally, Meta's victims in Kenya & Ethiopia will have their day in court.

Today @Amnesty & the DSA Civil Society Coordination Group published its analysis of the Risk Assessments Reports under the EU Digital Services Act (#DSA). It focuses on the reports of Google (Search & YouTube), Meta (Facebook & Instagram), TikTok, and X.

“Rather than learning from its reckless contributions to mass violence in countries including Myanmar and Ethiopia, Meta is instead stripping away important protections that were aimed at preventing any recurrence of such harms.” @M_Sawyed and I for Tech Policy Press today👇

The United Kingdom government’s order to Apple to allow security authorities access to encrypted cloud data severely harms the privacy rights of users in the UK and around the world. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…