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@paddy100w.bsky.social
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Co-founder of the Rebel Tech Alliance non-profit. www.rebeltechalliance.org

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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@everyonehateselon.bsky.social I received the reply from Meta about objecting to their pervert glasses. "When someone uses Meta AI glasses to record, it is that person, not Meta, who decides what to capture and what they do with the recording... Meta does not receive or access that media" BULLSHIT
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Best ad ever
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I hope Baroness Beeban Kidron can shoot this down in the Lords: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4285 It's too vague and doesn't make practical sense. If I start my own Mastodon or Bluesky instance I would need an Ofcom licence?!
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Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill [HL] - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Current version of Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill [HL] with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Events we're speaking at: www.rebeltechalliance.org/events.html One this saturday, one next month (both in London) - come and say hi!
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Rebel Tech Alliance www.rebeltechalliance.org are presenting a workshop at the Love & Rage event this Saturday 11.30am in London. Free tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/extin... Brendan and I will show you how to escape #BigTech addiction and surveillance! #events #privacy #surveillance
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
great news! now more people can install a de-Googled phone OS 🥳
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Rebel Tech Alliance are presenting a workshop at the Love & Rage event this Saturday 11.30, London. Free tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/extin... We'll show the extent of everyday data harvesting and then do a workshop to get you started with ethical tech alternatives and better habits.
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Register for activities here! – Love & Rage - A Hot Weekend of conversation, community and creativity – Raines School, BETHNAL GREEN, London
Love & Rage - A Hot Weekend of conversation, community and creativity – Raines School, BETHNAL GREEN, London, Sat 12 Sep 2026 - Sun 13 Sep 2026 - A Hot Weekend : Sat 12 & Sun 13 Sept Two days of c...
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This will be excellent - and much needed!
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Not good. Stripe are already too powerful
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is key to understanding how the bubble keeps inflating. That and a complicit media.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This petition is really important. It's to regain control of the mainstream media in the UK (from oligarchs). Please sign it and forward on to 5 people! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #UKMediaNews #ukpol #mediaindependence
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW: The latest reporting on Arron Banks pretends he’s sprung from nowhere. I’m not the one being gaslit here. You are. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The Invisible Women
We're here. You just can't see us. And that's a problem for you, not us
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/08/2026
The cost of Palantir in the NHS: £1.1bn 🔺 The benefit of Palantir in the NHS: £808m 🔽 www.ft.com/content/da888f06-b9bc-4d…
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UK raises cost projections for Palantir’s NHS data platform
Lifetime charge rises to £1.1bn on ‘increased delivery at scale’ while forecast benefits fall to £808mn
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/08/2026
📈 Reform UK’s income surged by £21m in 2025 💰 It was the best-funded political party in the country 👨‍👦‍👦 Over half of donations made to Reform came from just three people Want to stop wealthy individuals from wielding an outsize influence on politics? Support our campaign: goodlaw.social/bmrd
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Stop billionaires influencing our politics
Tell MPs to back Stella Creasy's amendment
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@gilduran.com I just heard your podcast has been banned on YouTube 😳 How about you take this opportunity to start posting it on an ethical video service e.g. Peertube?
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 12/08/2026
A regulatory tribunal handed down a decision in March upholding Ofcom’s position that it can keep working behind closed doors. But we’ve filed an appeal to the tribunal’s decision and won the right for Clean Up the Internet to take this fight to the next level: goodlaw.social/svz1
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Social media: Ofcom are cosying up to big tech | Good Law Project
The media regulator have watered down crucial provisions on illegal content and kept meetings with tech giants in the dark – we’re fighting back
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12/08/2026
Despite myths that there's "incredible demand for AI," 70%+ of hyperscaler AI revenues come from OpenAI and Anthropic. In FY26, $24.1bn of Microsoft's $34.33bn in AI revenue came from OpenAI - meaning that GPU rentals and AI software are single-digit billion dollar businesses.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What is #SurveillanceCapitalism? www.rebeltechalliance.org/surveillance... 👈🏼 here's our quick primer to get you up to speed. #privacy #bigtech
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Géopolitique @geopolitique.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
iodéOS / l’alternative française à Android qui dégooglise et mise sur la vie privée
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iodéOS : l'alternative française à Android qui dégooglise et mise sur la vie privée
Découvrez iodéOS, l'OS mobile open source français qui réduit votre dépendance à Google tout en protégeant votre vie privée, avec des apps open source.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For anyone not subscribed to our blog, here's the link to the deep-dive RTA just published: "The back door surveillance state" blog.rebeltechalliance.org/back-door-su... A through-line from data harvesting to a surveillance state, all linked with evidence.
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The back door surveillance state
A deep dive on the history of the links between surveillance capitalism and the surveillance state.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Reasons to hate #BigTech - www.rebeltechalliance.org/why-hate-big... Get your rage on!
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17/07/2026
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@edzitron • 5/27/26
We'll know we will hit the top when Meta sells compute to Anthropic
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@Techmeme • 5/27/26
Mark Zuckerberg tells shareholders that a Meta cloud computing business is
"definitely on the table" if it overspends on data centers and has excess capacity (@jonathanvanian / CNBC)...
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#Google provide a video for their new #privacy policy, so Rebel Tech Alliance have added captions to 'translate' for you. Spoiler: personalisation = #surveillance, and you don't need it. Find alternatives to #BigTech here: www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbig...
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Friends and family don't care about #privacy as much as you do? share this with them: www.rebeltechalliance.org/whyshouldica... There are also links at the bottom of that page to rebuttals to the three main objections people have.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Know your enemy: #Meta blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-en... Don't feed your children (or yourselves) to these revolting tech bros.
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Know Your Enemy - pt 2: Meta
This is the second in a series of blog posts to inform you about the main players in big tech, and why they should be avoided.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
@edzitron.com maybe you could team up with Erin Brockovich - she's mapping out which data centers have been built or are under construction. Something you've been doing too: web.archive.org/web/20260629...
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
hey we've got a new set of courses you can follow to get yourself off #BigTech and their corrosive business model - www.rebeltechalliance.org/collectiveac... Do your bit to STOP FEEDING THE BEAST! #privacy #surveillance #control
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We've updated our article about why the #SocialMediaBan is a bad idea, to include more reasons, and a petition by @openrightsgroup.org (at the bottom of the article - please sign it!). Use this in your counter arguments. blog.rebeltechalliance.org/sm-ban-bad-i... #socialmedia #privacy
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Banning Social Media based on age: why that's a bad idea
A blanket ban on social media for children sounds appealing but it is not the right solution. Here we tell you why.
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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The U.K. hasn’t had a ‘meritocracy’ since a brief period in the 1960s & 70s when working class kids were welcomed into the Arts, business & politics thanks to ability (& grammar schools). The Establishment (people like Farage) saw their privileges threatened & soon started kicking the ladder away.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We've just updated our Parents Guide with a section on BOREDOM! Do you let your child get bored? It releases their superpowers... www.rebeltechalliance.org/parents.html #BIGTECH #privacy
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/rta-workshop... If you're in #Edinburgh on Saturday, come to this great anti-big tech event. We're giving a talk there. #privacy #bigtech #events
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Event: RTA workshop Saturday 13th June - Edinburgh
Heads up, people of Scotland! We're delivering our workshop 'Stop Feeding The Beast' in Edinburgh on Saturday 13th June, at the Scotland Resists Big Tech Power event. Scotland Resists Big Tech Power...
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Rebel Tech Alliance is doing a workshop at this event in Edinburgh on Saturday next week: blog.rebeltechalliance.org/rta-workshop... #privacy #surveillance #bigtech #scotland #edinburgh
Scotland Resists Big Tech Power - event banner
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/06/2026
They’re cooked
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We (Rebel Tech Alliance) will be co-presenting at this great event in Edinburgh this month: Scotland Resists Big Tech Power 📆Saturday 13 June, 11 – 4pm 📍Augustine United Church, Edinburgh EH1 1EL Free event (donations welcome) www.tickettailor.com/events/globa... #privacy #bigtech #surveillance
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Select tickets – Scotland resists big tech power – Augustine United Church
Scotland resists big tech power – Augustine United Church, Sat 13 Jun 2026 - With: Nick Dearden, Director, Global Justice NowDr Samer Abdelnour, Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh UniversityDr Craig Dalzell...
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Brace yourself - it's time for the pit! blog.rebeltechalliance.org/monthly-mosh... #bigtech once again didn't disappoint - May was a mega month of horror stories. So get it all out of your system in one go with our news round-up.
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Monthly Mosh Pit - May 26
Big Tech news is horrifying, but don't be angry about it every day. Instead focus your rage in the mosh pit once a month 🤘🏼 with our news roundup, then get back to your life!
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Here's RTA's take on the idea of a blanket ban on social media for children: blog.rebeltechalliance.org/sm-ban-bad-i... Since we hate #bigtech #SocialMedia so much our position might surprise you. But there serious #privacy problems with #AgeVerification - here we've articulated them.
blog.rebeltechalliance.org
Banning Social Media based on age: why that's a bad idea
A blanket ban on social media for children sounds appealing but it is not the right solution. Here we tell you why.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
@edzitron.com I think we know the answer to this isaiprofitable.com 😂
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Is AI Profitable Yet?
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Woo-hoo! yes - we're looking forward to delivering this workshop with CommonWeal! @brenetic.bsky.social
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
final hours of this consultation - last chance to tell the UK governement that a blanket ban on social media based on age is a slippery road to hacking, surveillance and stalking. Please have your say. Links in the post below.
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
blog.rebeltechalliance.org/uk-gov-sm-co... Please fill this out TODAY, and make it clear that a blanket ban on #socialmedia is the wrong approach - don't let the government succumb to their close ties with #BigTech The consultation closes at midnight tonight. Have your say.
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URGENT: UK Gov Social Media Consultation - protest vote
The deadline is 11:59 today (Tuesday 26th May) !! The UK government has a consultation survey live at the moment, asking the public for their opinion on what they should do about social media harms t...
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Please fill in the UK Gov's #SocialMedia consultation survey with the text REGULATE THE TECH COMPANIES, NOT THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT ISSUE, NOT A BAN in every free text field. Deadline is tomorrow Tues 26th May We've explained why here: blog.rebeltechalliance.org/uk-gov-sm-co...
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URGENT: UK Gov Social Media Consultation - protest vote
The deadline is 11:59 tomorrow (Tuesday 26th May) !! The UK government has a consultation survey live at the moment, asking the public for their opinion on what they should do about social media harm...
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
recommended!
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12/05/2026
Rascal’s Wager
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Log Off. Live More. ✊ @logofflivemore.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Instagram leads ALL platforms with 31% of hacks. Facebook is #2 at 27%. Together they own 58% of social media breaches. Still think Meta has your best interests at heart? Drop a 🔥 if you've been hacked or know someone who has. #Instagram #Facebook #Meta
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Have some fun during your lunch break: throw some boulders at the tech bros! www.rebeltechalliance.org/boulder-bros... We all hate #bigtech but we don't condone violence in real life - this is just a bit of fun. Keep going to see what high score you can get - it gets harder as you go along!
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Boulder Bros
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Some friday fun: throw boulders at the #TechBros as they sneak out of their doomsday bunkers! www.rebeltechalliance.org/boulder-bros... I built an 8-bit style game that runs in your browser. What's your high score? FYI I do not condone violence in real life - this is just a big of fun. #privacy
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Boulder Bros
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
recommended!
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Calling all parents: Rebel Tech Alliance have started a 'Parents' page on our site and we're looking to crowdsource the best tech tips for how to protect our children from the harms of #BigTech www.rebeltechalliance.org/parents.html Please get in touch at info@rebeltechalliance.org with tips 😊
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paddy100w.bsky.social @paddy100w.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
a valid point!
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