Tech companies are increasingly hiring lobbyists, setting up industry associations and launching influence operations to kill or water down laws that impact their profits or challenge their global business models. These bills arise from the need to mitigate the damage that platforms can cause to society, such as compromising citizens' privacy, downgrading information integrity, and undermining democratic institutions, as well as harming the mental well-being of children.
Due to the unprecedented reach and power of these companies, this is one of the most critical issues of our time. That is why Agência Pública a Brazilian nonprofit I co-founded 15 years ago, joined forces with 16 other media outlets from across the world to investigate how the Big Tech lobby is operating globally.
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