PvBT Statement condemning House Judiciary attacks against the DSA and European CSOs
People vs Big Tech and allies strongly condemn the recent report by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee attacking the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and smearing European civil society organisations.
The DSA is a democratically adopted law designed to protect people online, rein in systemic harms caused by very large online platforms, and uphold fundamental rights. That is not an attack on freedom of expression. Attempting to intimidate European lawmakers and civil society into silence is an attack on freedom of expression.
Recent hostile attacks against European civil society organisations and their tech related research and advocacy - including the US Government’s travel bans in December - are unacceptable. We call on the European Commission and EU Governments to hold strong on Europe’s tech rules and defend civil society under threat.
Regulating Big Tech is democracy in action. We stand with our partners across Europe and reject any attempt to undermine legitimate, rights-based regulation to tackle unchecked corporate power.
Signed:
People vs Big Tech
AfroLeadership
Alliance4Europe
Balanced Economy Project
Bits of Freedom
Center for Countering Digital Hate
Clean Up The Internet
Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD)
Coalition For Women In Journalism
Corporate Europe Observatory
Defend Democracy
Diaspora in Action for Human Rights and Democracy (DAHRD)
digiQ
EDMO Ireland
EU Disinfo Lab
European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU)
European Fem Institute
Fair Vote UK
Féministes contre le cyberharcèlement
Foxglove
Global Health Advocates
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
Greek Helsinki Monitor
HateAid
Homo Digitalis
Hope and Courage Collective
Lie Detectors
LobbyControl
LOVE-Storm.de - Together against online hate
‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association
Science Publique
Sherpa
Tournesol Association
Transparency International EU
UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Uplift
VoxPublic
Waag Futurelab
WeMove Europe
Women's Lobby of Slovenia (Ženski lobi Slovenije)
Dr. Michael Hrebeniak, New School of the Anthropocene
Prof. Sonja Lokar
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