Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy - Irish Council for Civil Liberties

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering new privacy rules. The ICCL & Open Markets & TACD make a major submission showing the need for action

ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe - Irish Council for Civil Liberties

New report: the $127 billion "Real-Time Bidding" online ad industry tracks & shares what people view online, and their locations, 178 Trillion times a year in the U.S. & Europe.

Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control

Data collectives and cooperatives, which let creators control the collection and distribution of their data, are emerging as preferred alternatives to big tech companies.

Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology

A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.

欧州で進む「米国テック依存」から脱却の動き。トランプ政権下で高まる危機感

フランスでは、Microsoft OfficeやTeams、Zoomから距離を置き、行政システムのオープンソース化を推し進めている。米国テック企業への依存を見直す流れが欧州各国で広がりつつある。

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit.

How the Tech World Turned Evil

Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stopped.

The time is now: Bye Bye Big Tech

Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.

AlternativeProto - Decentralized Web Catalog

Discover decentralized alternatives to popular websites and webapps built on the AT Protocol

European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

webXray California Privacy Audit | A Legal Minefield that Puts Users at Risk

Empirical analysis of Global Privacy Control compliance across popular websites accessed from California. Independent research by webXray.

Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit

“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”