NEW CASE: Foxglove launches international legal challenge to Google’s worldwide theft of news! 

Google is stealing the work of professional reporters – and making it worse – without compensating them, nor their publishers.

Area of work: Challenging the size and power of Big Tech, Stopping Google’s theft of news

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. 

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

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.

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

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.

Area of work: Challenging unfair algorithms
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.

Area of work: Challenging the size and power of Big Tech, Coventry Amazon workers vs Amazon, UK Employment Tribunal, Justice for tech workers
DWP secret algorithm

We forced the DWP to explain its benefits fraud algorithm: here’s what we found 

The DWP should have published all of this information prior to the introduction of the algorithm for us all to consider and scrutinise. 

Area of work: Challenging unfair algorithms, The Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People vs The Department for Work and Pensions

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.

Area of work: Challenging the size and power of Big Tech, Justice for tech workers

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.

Area of work: Justice for tech workers