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Support our call to the UK Government for transparency over Lord Mandelson's links with Palantir - sign here: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked

"In December the MoD refused to release a partnership agreement signed by the defence secretary, John Healey, and Palantir’s Karp in London, which preceded last month’s £241m contract with Palantir."

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The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?

I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

There might be good reasons for Britain to build data centres. Job creation isn’t one of them Estimate*estimate

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Great @financialtimes.com coverage including @foxglovelegal.bsky.social's work exposing the realities behind claims about data centre job creation...

Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’

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Great write up of our case with @globalactionplan.bsky.social in @theguardian.com

As Rosa says “It shouldn’t take us having to drag the government to court for them to admit their decision to back big tech’s polluting datacentres was fundamentally wrong,”

Press release: UK Government admits "serious error" in forcing through hyperscale data centre without environmental protections This is the first time the UK government has admitted its decision to force through a new hyperscale data centre was wrong. It's a big win.

Big news today as UK Government concedes in data centre court case.

“It shouldn’t take us having to drag the Government to court for them to admit their decision to back Big Tech’s polluting data centres was fundamentally wrong," says Foxglove's Rosa Curling: www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/01/22/u...

🎉 The UK Government has admitted “serious error” in forcing through the Woodlands hyperscale data centre without environmental protections in response to @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & @globalactionplan.bsky.social's legal case. More below

Thanks to everyone who helped make this case possible.

Press release: TikTok faces first legal action over unlawful union-busting in London  - Foxglove Social media giant TikTok is facing legal action for threatening its critical safety workers with redundancy just days before they were due …

New: TikTok is facing legal action over union-busting measures against key safety workers in London:

www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...

TikTok faces legal action over moderator cuts TikTok is being accused of threatening safety workers with redundancy days before they were due to vote on forming a union.

🗞️ News: @foxglovelegal.bsky.social has launched a new case against TikTok in the UK for union busting. Read more in Sky's coverage here:

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We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!

Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in the use of online content for AI purposes The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using the content of web publishers, as well as content uploaded on th

EC has formally opened an investigation into Google for using publishers’ content without meaningful consent or compensation for its AI Overviews feature.

Big win for civil society orgs like @foxglovelegal.bsky.social who’ve been asking for this.

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EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer

Good news: earlier this year, we called on the European Commission to act over Google's theft of independent journalists' work to fuel 'AI Overviews'. Today they announced that they've opened an investigation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Rosa Curling, co-executive director of Foxglove - which had called on the Commission in June to tackle the impact of AI Overviews - said "clear & present" dangers to journalism and democracy remain. "We need an urgent opt out for news publishers to stop Google from stealing their reporting today."'

Exclusive: Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers An independent publisher's group said Google is abusing its market power in online search.

Thanks to everyone who is part of this work. Further reporting on the original complaint here: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

This global issue needs a global response. If you're a newsroom, or NGO worried about Google's theft of news and you want to chat - please reach out.

As Rosa says regulators need to move 💨 "We need an urgent opt out for publishers to stop Google stealing their reporting today – not when this investigation is finished, otherwise, there will be little left, by the time the Commission is ready to act."

For 12+ months @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and partners in Brazil, the UK, across the EU and South Africa have been gathering evidence and filing complaints to competition regulators around the world calling for urgent action to stop Google's theft of news through its generative AI overviews.

EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer

We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social were delighted the European Commission yesterday announced it will investigate Google AI Overviews in response to our complaint.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms Samantha Niblett highlighted government’s multi-billion-pound deals with Microsoft and ‘getting locked in’

"MPs on the select committee said the UK needed to develop greater “sovereign” technology capacity, award more contracts to smaller, local providers, and be less reliant on deals that resulted in government departments becoming locked into services with US firms." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

How Palantir infiltrated the state At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company

"@labourlewis.bsky.social, who campaigned against Palantir’s work with the NHS, told me: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

I'm in Kuala Lumpur this week at #GIJC2025 and the CTRL+J International meeting talking about Foxglove's work challenging AI overviews and Google's theft of news around the world. Let me know if you're in town and fancy a coffee.

International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software

love this for you ICC

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Head of Operations - Remote job with Foxglove | 9893829 Lead operations remotely, driving finance, HR, compliance & growth in a mission-driven tech justice nonprofit.

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Recruitment for a head of ops position at @foxglovelegal.bsky.social closes in a week! Please share widely and apply if of interest.

@foxglovelegal.bsky.social supporters in action 👇 objecting to Google's NEW Thurrock data centre. 💪

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Google's data centre will emit half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to 500 short-haul flights a week.

Head of Operations - Remote job with Foxglove | 9893829 Lead operations remotely, driving finance, HR, compliance & growth in a mission-driven tech justice nonprofit.

We are hiring a head of operations at Foxglove! All the details are below - please share with anyone brilliant / that might be interested.

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‘Signs of recovery’ claims Amazon Web Services after internet outage hits many websites and apps – business live Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outage

Thank you for showing us exactly why our cloud infrastructure shouldn't be in the hands of just three companies today AWS.

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Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims | Computer Weekly A new report by environmental non-profit Foxglove suggests the government's pro-datacentre agenda could be set to derail the UK's decarbonisation efforts

Great write up of our report in Computer Weekly. We'll continue to urge gov to properly scrutinise data centre developers’ environmental claims. @foxglovelegal.bsky.social @globalactionplan.bsky.social

www.computerweekly.com/news/3666322...

(full report here www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...)

Report: 10 new data centres would wipe out annual carbon savings from electric cars - Foxglove Just ten of the new, large-scale data centres being built in the UK would lead to annual carbon emissions equivalent …

Read the report in full here

www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/10/05/r...

As @dncampbell.bsky.social says “If you pile in all this extra demand, is the grid really going to be decarbonised as far as we’d want it? Or will we be forced into what’s happening in the US, where they’re extending the life of coal and gas?”

Ten UK data centres could cancel EV emissions gain Research has underlined the lack of transparent and reliable figures for expected emissions driven by data centre growth

Our research out today and covered in the Observer 👇 shows emissions from just 10 of the hundreds of UK data centres in the works could wipe out carbon emissions saved by switching to electric cars in 2025! @globalactionplan.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social

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Stop the Government forcing through Destructive Data Centres Foxglove is a non-profit which exists to make technology fair for everyone. They are co-claimant in the case. Global Action Plan is an environmental charity which works to improve the health of peopl

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We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and @globalactionplan.bsky.social are just £500 away from our fundraising target. Please share and donate if you can to help us get there!

Foxglove's @marthadark.bsky.social was at the UK's Labour party conference this week to warn about the environmental costs of Big Tech's data centres: