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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.

The Home Office’s new “ChatGPT-style” LLM tool is riddled with mistakes that could mean life or death for people seeking asylum

The tool got things wrong, or was missing important information, almost one of every 10 times it was used.

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.

NEW: Meta has transplanted Facebook content moderation to Ghana after sacking all its essential safety workers in Kenya. Foxglove is investigating

Conditions at the Accra Facebook hub are the worst we have seen in six years of supporting content moderators.
Abrham and Fisseha

NEW: Court says our case challenging Facebook’s algorithm spreading death and hate speech can proceed in Kenya!

Meta tried to argue the Kenya courts didn’t have the power to hear Abrham and Fisseha’s case. Yesterday the court rejected that argument.

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.