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Johnson Exploding Messages

In court tomorrow: government by WhatsApp – here’s how we got here

It’s a crucial day in our campaign to stop the government using “disappearing messages” on apps like Signal or WhatsApp so proper records of government discussions are kept.

We’re in court tomorrow – watch the video, sign the petition!

Tomorrow afternoon we will support The Citizens to bring a permission hearing to the High Court for the case against government use of disappearing messages, like WhatsApp and Signal, for official business.

Palantir just got booted out of a government social care contract!

After two legal cases by openDemocracy and Foxglove, the government has scrapped a contract with the spy tech firm. But bigger battles over the NHS’s future await, writes Cori Crider

Johnson Exploding Messages

We’re going to court – help us make the case that WhatsApp government needs a full judicial review

We need to show that the government may be breaking the law – and that we’re standing up for the public interest. That’s why we’ve launched a petition.

What’s a blue-chip consulting firm like Accenture got to do with racist memes targeting footballers or self-harm on Instagram?

Plenty. We, our partners and the NYT explain more.

Facebook content moderators

Open letter from 60 content moderators to Facebook calling for proper mental health support and an end to outsourcing

The letter is addressed to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook as well as the CEOs of outsourcing companies Covalen and Accenture.

The government has scrapped the deadline for the NHS Data Grab

This is a thumping win for the campaign against the data grab – but it’s not over yet.

WhatsApp and Signal

We’ve brought the first-ever lawsuit over government use of WhatsApp and Signal to make key decisions

We’ve filed the first ever lawsuit challenging ‘government by WhatsApp’, along with our partners, the Citizens.