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