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FINAL CALL ⏰️

ORG's competition ends TODAY.

Don't miss out on your chance to win a signed copy of Ensh*ttification by Cory Doctorow!

Enter the draw by 23.59 TONIGHT ⬇️

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NEXT WEEK 🛎️

Join ORG and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) for a special meet-up in London. We'll be delving into the role of Big Tech players like Palantir in war and genocide.

Come along to find out what we can do about it.

🗓️ Monday 1 June
🕡️ 6:30–9pm BST
📍 Newspeak House, E2 7DG

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ORG London Meet-up For our next London meet-up, we have teamed up with CAAT (Campaign Against Arms Trade).

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So we've been getting rinsed by Palantir... go figure 🤷

Turns out we're quid's in when we junk them from our digital systems.

Now we just need to replicate this across the State, getting rid of all the other Big Tech suppliers that over-charge and under-deliver.

Handing out contracts to Big Tech platforms is a rip off. If we want out, we face the nightmare of vendor lock-in. They own the software, so love it or lose it.

We call for Digital Sovereignty with open source tech. That means we can switch providers without changing systems.

Sign the petition ➡️ https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty

UK saves 'millions' of pounds by ditching Palantir for refugee system The government said its in-house IT system was "more flexible" while meeting "high standards" of security.

The consultation that could see digital ID checks sweep across the Internet ends today ⌛️

ORG has submitted a response, outlining the threats to privacy and freedom of expression posed by the government's proposals. We set out a better way forward that tackles the cause of online harms.

We're calling on the UK government to change its approach to online safety. This means pulling back from creating new harms through the expansion of insecure ID checkpoints, VPN restrictions and blocks on access to information and support.

Read more ⬇️

Growing up in an online world: ORG Consultation Response Executive Summary Age-gating was implemented in 2025 as a limited mechanism aimed primarily at restricting children’s access to pornographic content online.

🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨

The online safety consultation closes TODAY.

We must push back against more and more online ID checks. Making every adult hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers is itself UNSAFE.

Let's take on Big Tech business models instead!

Have your say ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

1 DAY TO GO ⏰️

💭 Tell the government to rethink online safety.

❌️ Creating a privacy timebomb with surveillance-based information blockades isn't the way.

✅️ We need user choice and better platform design, NOT mandatory ID checks.

Have your say on a better way by 26 May ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

We're paying a huge price for a policy that doesn't work.

People adapt what they do online when parts of the Internet are put behind intrusive ID checks.

Why carry on like this when young Australians have found ways to bypass the social media ban?

Have your say by 26 May ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation