The People’s Declaration

Join the growing number of individuals and organisations calling for action to protect our rights, rein in Big Tech and pave the way for a better digital future

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We, the people, demand technology that serves us, instead of putting us, our communities and our democracies at risk.

We call for an end to Big Tech’s destructive business model which has turned our own data into weapons against us.

We urge all those involved in scrutinising, passing, and enforcing legislation globally to stand on the side of the people you represent and take all necessary measures to rein in Big Tech’s abuses whilst defending people’s fundamental rights, critically - the right to free speech for all.

Legislation and regulation must:

1. Turn off the manipulation machine

Big Tech’s toxic recommender systems and algorithms are amplifying hate speech and disinformation - weaponizing every societal fault line with relentless surveillance to maximise “engagement”. These systemic risks are created not just by external actors but are a feature of an unconscionable, unethical business model. It is time for these platforms to de-risk their design, detox their algorithms, give users real control over them and be held to account for failing to do so.

2. Stop surveillance for profit

We’ve been conned into giving “consent” for surveillance. We were never given a meaningful choice. The Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA) must put an end to surveillance advertising that people never asked for. The use of digital services cannot be conditional on acceptance of surveillance and profiling. In addition, we demand transparency on all aspects of online ads and enforcement of our data rights to make them a reality.

3. Put people back in charge

Big Tech cannot continue to call the shots as judge and jury. The DSA must create stronger powers for regulators to hold Big Tech to account, including through robust audit powers that cannot simply be gamed by the companies. Europe must not allow a repeat of the failures of enforcement as seen with the GDPR.

Our organisations represent over 71,872,881 citizens across the EU. Today, we send a united message: we the people will no longer tolerate this relentless corporate assault on our lives and our liberty.

We expect and demand that our elected representatives will stand with us.

  1. aHang
  2. AI Forensics
  3. Albanian Media Council (Këshilli Shqiptar i Medias)
  4. Alliance4Europe
  5. All Out
  6. Almost
  7. Amnesty International
  8. Amnesty International Česká Republika
  9. Amnesty International France
  10. Amnesty International Hungary
  11. Amnistia Internacional Portugal
  12. Amnesty Tech
  13. Associação ILGA Portugal
  14. Aufstehn.at
  15. Avaaz Foundation
  16. Balanced Economy Project
  17. BeLonG To
  18. Betterplace Lab
  19. Bilitis Resource Center Foundation
  20. Campact
  21. Centar za mirovne studije \ Centre for Peace Studies
  22. Center for Countering Digital Hate
  23. Center for Democracy Research (CDR)
  24. Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
  25. Center for the Study of Organized Hate
  26. Civil Liberties Union for Europe
  27. Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD)
  28. Coalition For Women In Journalism
  29. Compassion in Politics
  30. Corporate Europe Observatory
  31. Critical Future Tech
  32. Cyber Rights Organization
  33. CyberLove
  34. D64 (Germany)
  35. Danes je nov dan
  36. Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
  37. Dare to be Grey
  38. Data for Good
  39. Data Rights
  40. De Goede Zaak
  41. Declic
  42. Defend Democracy
  43. Defesa dos Direitos Digitais
  44. Demos
  45. DigiQ
  46. Digital Action
  47. Disruption Network Lab e.V.
  48. Društvo Ženska svetovalnica
  49. Ελληνικό Παρατηρητήριο των Συμφωνιών του Ελσίνκι - Greek Helsinki Monitor
  50. Ekō
  51. Eesti Inimõiguste Keskuse
  52. Eesti LGBT Ühing
  53. Eticas Foundation
  54. Eurochild
  55. European Fem Institute
  56. European Network Against Racism
  57. European Public Service Union (EPSU)
  58. European Roma Rights Centre
  59. European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance
  60. European Trade Union Confederation/Confédération Européenne des Syndicats
  61. European Youth Forum
  62. Fair Vote UK
  63. Faith Matters
  64. Federación de Consumidores y Usuarios CECU
  65. Féministes Contre le Cyberharcèlement
  66. Foodwatch Nederland
  67. Forum za enakopraven razvoj (Forum for Equitable Development)
  68. Foundation for Market Information Research (SOMI)
  69. Foxglove
  70. Freedom United
  71. Friends of the Earth Europe
  72. Fundacja Instytut Cyfrowego Obywatelstwa (Institute for Digital Citizenship Foundation)
  73. Gays and Lesbians Accepted in Society Foundation
  74. Glitch Charity UK
  75. Global Action Plan
  76. Global Health Advocates
  77. Global Witness
  78. Gong
  79. Hate Aid
  80. Hexatrust
  81. Homo Digitalis
  82. Human Rights Monitoring Institute
  83. Inštitut 8. Marec
  84. Institute for Strategic Dialogue
  85. International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (ISPO)
  86. Irish Council for Civil Liberties
  87. KaskoSan Roma Charity
  88. Le Mouvement
  89. LGBT Deystvie
  90. Lie Detectors
  91. Ligali
  92. Lobby Control
  93. Mirovni Institute
  94. Missing Children Europe
  95. Motif
  96. Netwerk Democratie
  97. Never Again Association / NIGDY WIĘCEJ
  98. New Design Congress
  99. New School of the Anthropocene
  100. Open Rights Group
  101. Panoptykon Foundation
  102. Psst.org
  103. Ranking Digital Rights
  104. Rasismin Ja Muukalaispelon Vastainen Yhdistys Ry
  105. Reporters Sans Frontières
  106. Repubblika
  107. Science Publique
  108. She Persisted
  109. Sherpa
  110. Skiftet.org
  111. Statewatch
  112. Stop Climate Chaos
  113. Stop Data Porn
  114. Stop Funding Heat
  115. Superbloom (formerly Simply Secure)
  116. Superrr Lab
  117. Tell MAMA
  118. The Citizens
  119. The Colonist Report
  120. The Good Lobby
  121. The London Story (Netherlands)
  122. The Peter Tatchell Foundation
  123. The Real Facebook Oversight Board
  124. The Signals Network
  125. Tournesol.app
  126. Transparência Internacional Portugal
  127. Transparency International EU
  128. Transparency International Lithuania
  129. Transparency International Nederland
  130. Transparent Referendum Initiative
  131. Udesin
  132. Unblack the Box
  133. UNI europa – The European Services Workers Union
  134. Unicorns in Tech
  135. Uplift
  136. VoxPublic
  137. Waag Futurelab
  138. WeMove Europe
  139. WHAT TO FIX
  140. Women in AI (Austria)
  141. Women's Lobby of Slovenia
  142. World Uyghur Congress (Germany)
  143. Yapay Gündem (Artifical Agenda)
  144. 0D
  145. 5Rights Foundation
  146. #Jesuislà
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