The People’s Declaration

Join the growing number of individuals and organisations calling for action to protect our rights, rein in Big Tech and pave the way for a better digital future

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Organisations signed

We, the people, demand technology that serves us, instead of putting us, our communities and our democracies at risk.

We call for an end to Big Tech’s destructive business model which has turned our own data into weapons against us.

We urge all those involved in scrutinising, passing, and enforcing legislation globally to stand on the side of the people you represent and take all necessary measures to rein in Big Tech’s abuses whilst defending people’s fundamental rights, critically - the right to free speech for all.

Legislation and regulation must:

1. Turn off the manipulation machine

Big Tech’s toxic recommender systems and algorithms are amplifying hate speech and disinformation - weaponizing every societal fault line with relentless surveillance to maximise “engagement”. These systemic risks are created not just by external actors but are a feature of an unconscionable, unethical business model. It is time for these platforms to de-risk their design, detox their algorithms, give users real control over them and be held to account for failing to do so.

2. Stop surveillance for profit

We’ve been conned into giving “consent” for surveillance. We were never given a meaningful choice. The Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA) must put an end to surveillance advertising that people never asked for. The use of digital services cannot be conditional on acceptance of surveillance and profiling. In addition, we demand transparency on all aspects of online ads and enforcement of our data rights to make them a reality.

3. Put people back in charge

Big Tech cannot continue to call the shots as judge and jury. The DSA must create stronger powers for regulators to hold Big Tech to account, including through robust audit powers that cannot simply be gamed by the companies. Europe must not allow a repeat of the failures of enforcement as seen with the GDPR.

Our organisations represent over 71,872,881 citizens across the EU. Today, we send a united message: we the people will no longer tolerate this relentless corporate assault on our lives and our liberty.

We expect and demand that our elected representatives will stand with us.

  1. aHang
  2. AI Forensics
  3. Albanian Media Council (Këshilli Shqiptar i Medias)
  4. Alliance4Europe
  5. All Out
  6. Almost
  7. Amnesty International
  8. Amnesty International Česká Republika
  9. Amnesty International France
  10. Amnesty International Hungary
  11. Amnistia Internacional Portugal
  12. Amnesty Tech
  13. Associação ILGA Portugal
  14. Aufstehn.at
  15. Avaaz Foundation
  16. Balanced Economy Project
  17. BeLonG To
  18. Betterplace Lab
  19. Bilitis Resource Center Foundation
  20. Campact
  21. Centar za mirovne studije \ Centre for Peace Studies
  22. Center for Countering Digital Hate
  23. Center for Democracy Research (CDR)
  24. Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
  25. Center for the Study of Organized Hate
  26. Check My Ads
  27. Civil Liberties Union for Europe
  28. Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD)
  29. CliMates
  30. Coalition For Women In Journalism
  31. Compassion in Politics
  32. Corporate Europe Observatory
  33. Critical Future Tech
  34. Cyber Rights Organization
  35. CyberLove
  36. D64 (Germany)
  37. Danes je nov dan
  38. Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
  39. Dare to be Grey
  40. Data for Good
  41. Data Rights
  42. De Goede Zaak
  43. Declic
  44. Defend Democracy
  45. Defesa dos Direitos Digitais
  46. Demos
  47. DigiQ
  48. Digital Action
  49. Disruption Network Lab e.V.
  50. Društvo Ženska svetovalnica
  51. Ελληνικό Παρατηρητήριο των Συμφωνιών του Ελσίνκι - Greek Helsinki Monitor
  52. Eesti Inimõiguste Keskuse
  53. Eesti LGBT Ühing
  54. Ekō
  55. Enabled Emissions Campaign
  56. Eticas Foundation
  57. Eurochild
  58. European Fem Institute
  59. European Network Against Racism
  60. European Public Service Union (EPSU)
  61. European Roma Rights Centre
  62. European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance
  63. European Trade Union Confederation/Confédération Européenne des Syndicats
  64. European Youth Forum
  65. Fair Vote UK
  66. Faith Matters
  67. Federación de Consumidores y Usuarios CECU
  68. Féministes Contre le Cyberharcèlement
  69. Foodwatch Nederland
  70. Forum za enakopraven razvoj (Forum for Equitable Development)
  71. Foundation for Market Information Research (SOMI)
  72. Foxglove
  73. Freedom United
  74. Friends of the Earth Europe
  75. Fundacja Instytut Cyfrowego Obywatelstwa (Institute for Digital Citizenship Foundation)
  76. Gays and Lesbians Accepted in Society Foundation
  77. Glitch Charity UK
  78. Global Action Plan
  79. Global Health Advocates
  80. Global Witness
  81. Gong
  82. Greenpeace
  83. Hate Aid
  84. Hexatrust
  85. Homo Digitalis
  86. Human Rights Monitoring Institute
  87. Inštitut 8. Marec
  88. Institute for Strategic Dialogue
  89. International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (ISPO)
  90. Irish Council for Civil Liberties
  91. Just Treatment (Mad Youth Organise)
  92. KaskoSan Roma Charity
  93. Le Mouvement
  94. LGBT Deystvie
  95. Lie Detectors
  96. Ligali
  97. Lobby Control
  98. Mirovni Institute
  99. Missing Children Europe
  100. Motif
  101. Netwerk Democratie
  102. Never Again Association / NIGDY WIĘCEJ
  103. New Design Congress
  104. New School of the Anthropocene
  105. Open Rights Group
  106. Panoptykon Foundation
  107. Politiscope
  108. Psst.org
  109. Pull The Plug
  110. Ranking Digital Rights
  111. Rasismin Ja Muukalaispelon Vastainen Yhdistys Ry
  112. Reporters Sans Frontières
  113. Repubblika
  114. Science Publique
  115. She Persisted
  116. Sherpa
  117. Skiftet.org
  118. Statewatch
  119. Stichting Data Bescherming Nederland (SDBN)
  120. Stop Climate Chaos
  121. Stop Data Porn
  122. Stop Funding Heat
  123. Superbloom (formerly Simply Secure)
  124. Superrr Lab
  125. Tell MAMA
  126. The Citizens
  127. The Colonist Report
  128. The Good Lobby
  129. The London Story (Netherlands)
  130. The Peter Tatchell Foundation
  131. The Real Facebook Oversight Board
  132. The Signals Network
  133. Tournesol.app
  134. Transparência Internacional Portugal
  135. Transparency International EU
  136. Transparency International Lithuania
  137. Transparency International Nederland
  138. Transparent Referendum Initiative
  139. Udesin
  140. Unblack the Box
  141. UNI europa – The European Services Workers Union
  142. Unicorns in Tech
  143. Uplift
  144. VoxPublic
  145. Waag Futurelab
  146. WeMove Europe
  147. WHAT TO FIX
  148. Witness
  149. Women in AI (Austria)
  150. Women's Lobby of Slovenia
  151. World Uyghur Congress (Germany)
  152. Yapay Gündem (Artifical Agenda)
  153. 0D
  154. 5Rights Foundation
  155. #Jesuislà
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