Area of work: Challenging the size and power of Big Tech

Foxglove and Global Action Plan put in submissions opposing second UK data centre – at Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire

To build new hyperscale data centres, the government must show they have a plan that won’t trash our supplies of power and drinking water.

The government is getting its wallet inspected by Big Tech – that’s a threat to our health, our small businesses and our democracy

The old boss of Amazon UK has been put in charge of regulating Big Tech, while the head of Microsoft UK chairs the Industrial Strategy Council.

Jeff Bezos as a spoof QR code

The first British legal challenge against Amazon’s union-busting kicked off this week

We believe Amazon used an unlawful QR code, alongside bullying, threats and misinformation tactics, to swing a crucial union vote.

Meta has transplanted Facebook content moderation to Ghana. Foxglove and Carla Olympio talk through the situation so far and what comes next

Watch the video to get up to speed.

Groundbreaking settlement for Foxglove senior fellow Tanya O’Carroll as Facebook agrees to stop using her data for targeted advertising

The government regulator has backed Tanya – so it may now be possible for others to switch off Facebook’s surveillance-based advertising.

MPs are investigating how social media fuelled last summer’s racist attacks – read our submission

We’ve suggested probes into two main areas: social media’s dangerous algorithms and the essential safety workers of social media – human content moderators.

We’re all now in a battle for drinking water with H20-guzzling data centres – and we’re losing

By 2050, we’re looking at a shortfall of five billion litres of water per day with what we have, compared with what we need to keep the taps from running dry.

Why Foxglove and Global Action Plan are opposing the Woodlands data centre

There is a dearth of information about the environmental impact, as well as serious questions about the consumption of critical resources including power and water.