Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

March 22, 2023 at 6:42 PM

ban surveillance advertising

Accountable Tech Two years of taking on Big Tech’s toxic business model. Hey there -- Two years ago today, we launched a transatlantic coalition of 50+ advocacy groups fighting for an end to Big Tech's toxic business model of surveillance advertising. Surveillance advertising is the pra…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

March 18, 2023 at 5:45 PM

major letdown

Accountable Tech Donald Trump is back on social media platforms. Hey there --  Ugh -- the Big Tech Friday news dump was particularly bleak yesterday:  YouTube announced it would reinstate Donald Trump’s account, coincidentally the same day he released a video calling the 2020 electi…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

March 17, 2023 at 4:56 PM

Companies aid in social media addiction

Accountable Tech Social media platforms have harmful effects on young children and teenagers. Hey there --  We know that Big Tech companies like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube addict, exploit, and undermine the health and well-being of children and teens for profit…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

March 4, 2023 at 2:12 PM

Big Tech knows no bounds

Accountable Tech Scary tech news, but Accountable Tech is fighting back. Hey there --  There has been a lot of news about Big Tech companies recently, and spoiler: It’s mostly very bad. At Accountable Tech, we keep up-to-date on what changes social media companies make and how those ch…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

February 17, 2023 at 6:04 PM

“Social media was not magic. It was an illusion.”

Accountable Tech Watch youth activist Emma Lembke testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hey there -- Earlier this week, we were inspired by youth activist Emma Lembke (our former intern!) who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about Big Tech’s ongoing exploitation o…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

February 8, 2023 at 9:44 PM

Biden’s message to Big Tech

Accountable Tech President Biden called out social media platforms for their harm to young people’s mental health. Hey there --  We're thrilled about what President Biden said in the State of the Union last night. Biden called out social media platforms for their harm to young people’s…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

February 4, 2023 at 2:25 PM

19 years ago...

Accountable Tech Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook Hey there --  19 years ago today, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook. What started as a platform to rate women at Harvard, Facebook has quickly mushroomed into a global platform used by a quarter of the world’s population that jeopardize…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

January 26, 2023 at 1:51 AM

Trump back on Facebook

Accountable Tech Breaking news: Meta has decided to reinstate Donald Trump’s account. Hey there -- Today, Meta chose profit over safety by deciding to reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook account.  Let me be clear: Meta has made an enormous mistake. Two years after Trump used Facebook to i…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

January 21, 2023 at 3:12 PM

Trump wants back on Facebook

Accountable Tech Trump petitions to get his Facebook account reinstated. Hey there --  Earlier this week, news broke that Donald Trump wants to be back on Facebook – and he’s asking Meta to make it happen. We've been making clear just how reckless it would be for Meta to give Trump ba…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

January 5, 2023 at 3:08 PM

In 2 days, Trump might be back

Accountable Tech Facebook is likely to reinstate Trump's account as soon as January 7, 2023 Hey there -- Nearly two years ago, Trump used Facebook to incite a violent attack on our nation’s Capitol, and since then, his behavior has only become more incendiary and dangerous. According to …

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  Nicole Gill, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

December 31, 2022 at 1:39 PM

So close (sent from my iPhone)

Accountable Tech We’re nearly at our end-of-year fundraising goal. Hi friend -- Wow, look at this surge in support: I reached out earlier this week with an ambitious goal of 200 new grassroots donations to fund our work, and I’m excited to report that with the end-of-the-year staring us…

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  Kenya · [email protected]

December 30, 2022 at 8:30 PM

89 donors away from our goal, can you help, friend?

Accountable Tech Your end-of-year donation can help us hit our goal → Hi team -- Accountable Tech relies on support from concerned folks all around the country and the world. With your help, we were able to make our largest impact yet in 2022, and I wanted to share some of my favorite hi…

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  Zach Praiss, Digital Director · [email protected]

December 29, 2022 at 1:45 PM

The pressure we’re putting on Twitter is working

Accountable Tech End-of-year update from Accountable Tech Hi there -- Zach from Accountable Tech here. I’m our Digital Director, and I oversee many of our campaigns to hold Big Tech giants like Twitter, Meta, and Google accountable for their impact on our democracy. With just a few days …

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  Nicole Gill · [email protected]

December 27, 2022 at 3:05 PM

A look back at the work we did together in 2022

Accountable Tech And why we need your support heading into 2023… Hi there -- It’s Nicole Gill, the Executive Director of Accountable Tech. Let me be candid about why I’m sending you this email today: Non-profit advocacy organizations like ours rely on a surge of giving at the end of the …

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

December 16, 2022 at 10:59 PM

Musk bans journalists critical of him

Accountable Tech Unaccountable billionaires are unilaterally reeking havoc on the information ecosystem Hey there -- Elon Musk is threatening the free press – unilaterally and without recourse – by suspending the accounts of prominent journalists who have been reporting on his actions …

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

December 14, 2022 at 5:38 PM

[add your name] tell Meta to keep Trump off Facebook

Accountable Tech Trump is a threat to public safety and democracy. Hey there -- On January 7, 2023, Meta will likely reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook account – just two years after he used the “platform to incite violent insurrection” (in Mark Zuckerberg’s own words) after the attack on…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

December 2, 2022 at 5:37 PM

Google isn’t protecting your privacy

Accountable Tech Our new research shows Google isn’t protecting users seeking abortion care. Hey there -- Despite promises from Google to protect the data privacy of users seeking abortions, new Accountable Tech research shows the company still retains location data for users who visit …

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  Nicole Gill, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

November 30, 2022 at 8:09 PM

We came up a bit short, but we won’t be stopped

Accountable Tech Accountable Tech came close to our goal! So, let’s get to work. We nearly did it, team. Accountable Tech got very close to our Giving Tuesday fundraising goal, but we came up just short – raising $3,430 from 140 donors! Because of your generosity, our team is positioned …

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  Zach Praiss · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 8:48 PM

$1,890 away

Accountable Tech Your Giving Tuesday donation can help us hit our goal → Hi team — I just got out of a meeting with Nicole, our executive director, to touch base on our Giving Tuesday progress. We are only $1,890 away from hitting our goal! To recap, Accountable Tech set a goal of raisin…

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  Kenya · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 12:49 PM

Giving Tuesday update

Accountable Tech Less than halfway there. Can you help make up some ground? Hi, Kenya from Accountable Tech here with a Giving Tuesday update! We are so grateful for the generosity we’ve seen pouring in today already. Supporter, as social media giants continue to erode our consensus real…

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  Nicole Gill · [email protected]

November 27, 2022 at 3:25 PM

Stepping up our impact in 2023

Accountable Tech Help Accountable Tech hold social media giants to their word with an early Giving Tuesday donation → Hi there, I hope you had a great holiday weekend with loved ones. With Giving Tuesday right around the corner (this Tuesday!), I wanted to share an update about how you …

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

November 23, 2022 at 8:12 PM

advertisers fleeing Twitter

Accountable Tech Our work to #StopToxicTwitter is making a difference. Hey there -- Our campaign to urge Twitter advertisers to stop advertising on the platform is working.  Yesterday, news broke that more than half of Twitter’s top 100 advertisers have stopped running ads on Twitter. A…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

November 17, 2022 at 7:55 PM

Twitter’s Elon crisis

Accountable Tech Elon Musk is running Twitter to the ground in record time. Hey there -- Elon Musk is running Twitter into the ground faster than we even imagined. Three weeks ago, he promised he would not transform Twitter into a “free-for-all hellscape,” but his actions have done ju…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

November 10, 2022 at 9:38 PM

Elon Musk’s Toxic Twitter Problem

Accountable Tech Elon Musk says Twitter has seen a massive drop in ad revenue. Hey there -- Our campaign to Stop Toxic Twitter is making a difference. Elon Musk says Twitter has seen a massive drop in ad revenue, the platform’s main source of revenue. In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeo…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

November 4, 2022 at 9:52 PM

Elon Musk is unfit to control Twitter

Accountable Tech This is just the beginning. Hey there -- It's been just over a week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, and he’s wasted no time in running one of the world’s most powerful communication systems into the ground:  He fired 50% of Twitter’s staff including many employees c…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

October 31, 2022 at 9:54 PM

tell Facebook to Fix the Feed

Accountable Tech Facebook must stop promoting the most incendiary content, staff up to protect democracy, and provide greater transparency. Add your name to Fix the Feed: With the 2022 election just around the corner, we’re calling on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

October 27, 2022 at 3:50 PM

people are noticing

Accountable Tech Facebook is feeling the pressure from our new national television ad. Hey there -- Mark Zuckerberg must be mad. Yesterday, we launched our new national TV ad calling out Facebook for rolling back their election safeguards and endangering our democracy. This is likely the…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

October 26, 2022 at 4:32 PM

Facebook failed us

Accountable Tech Facebook rolled back safeguards ahead of the upcoming election. Hey there -- Two weeks out from the U.S. midterm elections, we’re sounding the alarm on Facebook.  Rather than doubling down on integrity efforts, Facebook is rolling back election safeguards, actively fueli…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

October 13, 2022 at 6:44 PM

no more unaccountable billionaires

Accountable Tech Congress must investigate Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Hey there -- In case you missed it, Elon Musk announced he wants to acquire Twitter again for $44 billion.  Here’s why this is a big surprise: First, Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter in April. Then, he changed his…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

September 23, 2022 at 8:45 PM

building on our win

Accountable Tech Together, we can take on Big Tech. Hey there -- We launched Accountable Tech in 2020 to hold Big Tech companies accountable for their role in the spread of disinformation, hate, and extremism on and offline. Since then, thousands of you have joined our fight to take on …

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

September 15, 2022 at 11:10 PM

great news for tech accountability

Accountable Tech The California Age Appropriate Design Code is now law. Hey there -- Today, Governor Newsom signed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) into law, a groundbreaking measure to protect the safety of children and teens online: RETWEET ON TWITTER   …

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

August 15, 2022 at 8:39 PM

Re: you’re not alone

Accountable Tech We’re all feeling the struggle of rising prices. Whoops! Earlier we sent an email with some placeholder text instead of a real greeting! Sorry about that - we value your support of Accountable Tech and wanted to get it right. Hey there -- Thanks to your support, we wer…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

August 15, 2022 at 6:20 PM

Re: you’re not alone

Accountable Tech We’re all feeling the struggle of rising prices. Hey [there or First Name] – Thanks to your support, we were able to launch our television ad calling on Congress to pass the American Innovation and Choice Online Act and the Open App Markets App in key states across the…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

August 7, 2022 at 8:39 PM

you’re not alone

Accountable Tech We’re all feeling the struggle of rising prices. Hey there -- Working families are being crushed by inflation.  We feel the rising prices everywhere from the grocery store to the gas pump to tech products, and basic necessities we buy online.  But while we’re all feelin…

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  Accountable Tech · [email protected]

July 20, 2022 at 3:03 PM

last chance to rein in Big Tech

Accountable Tech The next few weeks represent our best chance to move this historic bipartisan legislation forward. Hey Friend -- Big tech is scared and for good reason. Right now, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rein in Big Tech with two historic bipartisan antitrust bill…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

July 13, 2022 at 8:15 PM

a huge win

Accountable Tech Elon Musk ends his bid to acquire Twitter. Hey there -- We did it. We stopped the deal.  Last week, Elon Musk announced he is ending his bid to acquire Twitter. This is a huge win for our information ecosystem.  Elon Musk never cared about Twitter's users or employees, …

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  Accountable Tech · [email protected]

July 9, 2022 at 2:05 PM

Google's response to our demands

Accountable Tech We still have questions. Google announced a new location data program in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Hey Friend -- For the past few weeks, we’ve been calling on Google to stop unnecessarily collecting and retaining location data, which could b…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

July 1, 2022 at 2:11 PM

privacy in a post-Roe world

Accountable Tech Overturning Roe v. Wade is an attack on our fundamental rights through increasingly authoritarian means. Hey there -- Last week, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and while we knew it was coming, the news was still gut-wrenching.  It’s okay to feel a range of emo…

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  Accountable Tech · [email protected]

June 14, 2022 at 12:51 PM

John Oliver eviscerates Big Tech

Accountable Tech Watch him call out Big Tech monopolies and urge Congress to pass antitrust legislation. Friend -- There are few things Congress seems to be able to do nowadays.  But as John Oliver lays out in his latest episode of Last Week Tonight, Congress can pass historic bipartis…

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  Accountable Tech · [email protected]

June 10, 2022 at 4:37 PM

Elon Musk’s data grab

Accountable Tech Twitter must resist Elon Musk’s demands for access to sensitive data on millions of users. Friend -- The Elon Musk and Twitter saga continues. Six weeks ago, Elon Musk signed a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. He waived his right to due diligence at the time, but h…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

June 3, 2022 at 1:59 PM

stop Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Accountable Tech We refuse to let another billionaire control our information ecosystem. Hey there -- If Elon’s deal to acquire Twitter closes, it will threaten users, society, and democracy.  Last month, we sent an open letter co-signed by 25 other nonprofit groups to Twitter’s top a…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

May 27, 2022 at 3:16 PM

tell Google to delete people’s location data

Accountable Tech We’re calling on Google to stop collecting and retaining location data on its Android phones. Hey there -- A few weeks ago, the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade caught me and my team by surprise. If the final decision turns out to b…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

May 13, 2022 at 7:42 PM

Trump back on Twitter?

Accountable Tech We've just learned that Elon Musk intends to reinstate Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Hey there -- Last week, we sent an open letter co-signed by 25 other nonprofit groups to Twitter’s top advertisers urging them to demand Elon Musk uphold key safety standards througho…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

May 6, 2022 at 4:42 PM

Re: Elon Musk just tweeted about our letter

Accountable Tech It’s not every day that the world’s wealthiest person comes after our nine-person nonprofit. Hey there -- At the start of this week, we sent a letter to Twitter’s top advertisers calling on them to stop spending money on the platform if Elon Musk rolls back safeguards a…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

May 4, 2022 at 12:14 AM

Elon Musk just tweeted about our letter

Accountable Tech It’s not every day that the world’s wealthiest person comes after our nine-person nonprofit. Hey there -- Earlier today, we sent an open letter to Twitter’s top advertisers calling on them to commit to a few simple standards to continue advertising on the platform amid…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

April 23, 2022 at 3:16 PM

Obama takes on Big Tech

Accountable Tech President Barack Obama went to Silicon Valley with a message for Big Tech and the world. Hey there -- Earlier this week, President Barack Obama went to Silicon Valley with a message for Big Tech and the world. In a momentus speech, he called out Big Tech for their role…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

April 19, 2022 at 8:35 PM

John Oliver nailed it!

Accountable Tech John Oliver came out swinging against surveillance advertising on a recent episode of Last Week Tonight.  Hey there -- John Oliver came out swinging against surveillance advertising on a recent episode of Last Week Tonight.  If you missed it, he went after Big Tech’s t…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

April 4, 2022 at 2:02 PM

tell Congress to rein in Big Tech

Accountable Tech Today, we’re uniting with dozens of other businesses and organizations for #AntitrustDay. Hey there -- Today, we’re uniting with dozens of other businesses and organizations for #AntitrustDay. Big Tech monopolies shamelessly continue to put profits over people, but now…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

March 31, 2022 at 2:03 PM

Big Tech has finally met their match

Accountable Tech Big news: Big Tech has finally met their match. Hey there -- Big news: Big Tech has finally met their match. Last week, the European Union finalized the Digital Markets Act—showing the world it’s possible to take on Big Tech’s army of lobbyists and win. The Digital Mar…

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  Nicole, Accountable Tech · [email protected]

March 22, 2022 at 2:18 PM

BIG progress in a year

Accountable Tech One year ago today, we launched a transatlantic coalition of 50+ advocacy groups fighting for an end to Big Tech's toxic business model of surveillance advertising. Hey there -- One year ago today, we launched a transatlantic coalition of 50+ groups fighting for an end…

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