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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Elizabeth Warren probes $19B in tax breaks for Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft as AI drains $96B in federal revenue In short, corporate tax revenues are down 23% this year, while bringing in record profits. No wonder these companies are so eager to cosy up to Trump...

moneywise.com

Elizabeth Warren probes $19B in tax breaks for Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft as AI drains $96B in federal revenue

Tech giants have gotten generous tax breaks just as programs like Social Security and SNAP are under strain.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨 Meta blocked President Lula’s Facebook page and campaign ads two weeks before the election While also failing to block 87% of disinformation ads targeted against him. A handful of companies shouldn't have this much power over a country's democracy.

panamericandispatch.org

Meta Blocks President Lula’s Facebook Page and Campaign Ads

The page is now back online, but Lula's electoral coalition says Meta's actions harmed the president’s campaign.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🚨AI Exec: "We may have pulled off the largest theft of labor in human history” Documents from lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening. More needs to be done to protect people's original work...

motherjones.com

AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”

Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I found a way to fix social media and fight mass disinformation campaigns. What if we made it illegal for companies to astroturf conversations without disclosing it... we do it for traditional advertising. No more bots being financed in the millions or Big Tech trying to change the narrative.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

⚠️ Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton - with one 50 ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction So much is wrong with this. Crazy levels of intellectual theft and excessive gutting of the used book market.

tomshardware.com

Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction — multitude of suspicious bulk buys thought to end up ...

Short-term boom could lead to a longer-term drought and removal of important works from circulation.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

JUST IN 🚨: Oracle cites ‘Force Majeure’ to shield itself on controversial Data Center as they look to defer lease payments. Hopefully this is the first domino to fall and the beginning of the end of these mass data center build-outs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.com

Oracle Cites ‘Force Majeure’ to Shield Itself on Controversial Data Center

Oracle Corp. is moving to shield itself from racking up expenses on a massive data center being built in New Mexico, adding a fresh wrinkle to a project beset by opposition and regulatory setbacks.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

⚠️ Microsoft patents a system to freeze games and inject ads during downtime - watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits Jumping on this trend of adding adverts to paid subscriptions. Rather support other companies before this becomes the norm.

tomshardware.com

Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits

Is this patent a sign of things to come?

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🚨 Switzerland's federal government is replacing Microsoft on 3,000 computers - start of a larger pilot for the federal administration. One of many European governments reevaluating the risk of depending on US tech.

itsfoss.com

Switzerland's Federal Government is Replacing Microsoft on 3,000 Computers

This is the pilot phase, with 3,000 workstations moving away from Microsoft 365. The federal administration has over 54,000 computers.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🚨 Trump administration sides with OpenAI in lawsuit against New York Times and other news organisations They argue that AI should be allowed to train on creators' works, as it falls under fair use... Gone are the days where the government protects its people.

theguardian.com

Trump administration sides with OpenAI in lawsuit against New York Times

The Times and many companies are accusing OpenAI of misusing their material to train AI systems without compensation

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Meta hit with sweeping new claims that its AI glasses violated the consent of “Millions” of bystanders in searing lawsuit While their faces, bodies & information were captured, reviewed, labelled and embedded into Meta's system. Make these glasses illegal 👏

futurism.com

Meta Hit With Sweeping New Claims That Its AI Glasses Violated the Consent of "Millions" of Bystanders in Searing Lawsuit

A class action lawsuit against Meta was amended yesterday to include a new class of "bystanders," who claim Meta violated their privacy.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Google has bent the knee once again. Time to make your voice heard and move away from their products! Chrome -> Firefox, Vivaldi, Ecosia Gmail -> Fastmail, Proton Mail, Atomic Mail Search -> Qwant, Kagi, DuckDuckGo It's easier than you expect.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

JUST IN: Sony, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging "blatant theft" of intellectual property Just one of the many victims of the rampant theft of people's work by these AI companies.

axios.com

Music publishers sue Anthropic, allege "blantant theft" of copyrighted music

The suit is likely the opening salvo in what promises to be a long battle over intellectual property.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A study of nearly 10,000 battery health tests found top EVs keep over 97% of capacity after 62,000 miles, easing degradation fears. That is almost 10 years of driving for the average person... yet another reason to go electric.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The 'OG' online map platform, MapQuest, says it won't change the name of Lake Ontario Google already shows you Lake Ontario if you search for Lake America. Only a matter of time before they capitulate the same way as they did with 'Gulf of Mexico'

businessinsider.com

The 'OG' online map platform, MapQuest, says it won't change the name of Lake Ontario

MapQuest shared a tool for users to generate joke screenshots with their own names for Lake Ontario, writing: "Lake Are We Doing This Again?"

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says We already know that it is aggressively used to generate CSAM. And there still hasn't been any real consequences....

arstechnica.com

Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says

xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

JUST IN: Tempe city has turned off its Flock license plate reader system, citing privacy concerns and potential for 'misuse' Protesting matters and is making a difference. Keep it up!

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

⚠️ US gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution - granting permits without publicizing them This is why there is so much anger towards them. Get to operate under a completely different set of rules.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Trump has once again sent the USA and Canada into a trade war by reneging on the deal at the last minute... The best way to have your voice heard is to stop buying US products, starting with Big Tech. A few guides to make this easy, with Canadian products highlighted.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🚨No more doomscrolling or Instagram Stories? A Meta trial loss could end the social media we know in a case where states seek $200B in damages. Evidence includes testimony from a whistleblower, who says that Zuckerberg knew real teen harm rates were 100-400 times higher than the public figures.

gadgetreview.com

Zuckerberg Knew. A Whistleblower Has the Emails to Prove It.

Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar testifies that internal data showed teen harm rates 400x higher than what the company told the public.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

⚠️ Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky They're still trying to fool everyone into thinking this is for reading license plates. Protest them before it is too late.

techspot.com

Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky

Flock is best known for the roadside cameras now operating in more than 6,000 US communities. But the company is increasingly betting on drones that can be...

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Honey loses over 7 million users and 7,000 stores following YouTuber’s viral expose If you haven't seen it, Honey (owned by PayPal) and Phia, have been caught stealing referral attributions. These are often small content creators. They also rarely find genuine discounts. Avoid using them.

dexerto.com

Honey loses over 7 million users and 7,000 stores following YouTuber’s viral expose - Dexerto

Honey has lost over seven million Chrome users and around 7,000 merchant partners as a creator lawsuit against PayPal heads into discovery.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Bernie Sanders calls out Google's co-founder Sergey Brin for spending over $100 million to defeat California’s billionaire tax. If passed, it would be a one-time 5% wealth tax; he would owe $14 billion and still be worth $270 billion.

benzinga.com

Bernie Sanders Slams Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin For Spending Millions to 'Defeat' the California Wealt

Bernie Sanders slams Sergey Brin over his $102 million fight against California’s billionaire tax after Brin’s $140 billion wealth surge.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A shipment of rare books was tracked by 404media... it ended up at an Amazon AI training facility, where they scan and destroy books. At worst, we are losing invaluable works. Regardless, they are stealing decades of knowledge without attribution. This needs to stop.

404media.co

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Twitch is using streamers’ content to train Amazon's AI models by default ‘If it was opt in, nobody would opt in’: Twitch's CPO admitted and why they instead have a hidden opt-out process.

videogameschronicle.com

‘If it was opt in, nobody would opt in’: Twitch is using streamers’ content to train generative AI by default | VGC

Users have to manually turn off the setting to stop their content being used…

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

⚠️ Amazon’s new AI data center is so enormous that it could be the largest single source of carbon emissions in the US On par with entire countries, including Switzerland, Ireland, and Bulgaria Incredibly sad to see as we battle record-breaking heatwaves. Stop supporting these companies

futurism.com

Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States

Amazon's planned data center for Pecos County, Texas would come with a gas plant capable of emitting 33 million tons of CO2 every year.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

END OF AN ERA: Google's classic Search button is gone in a new AI-first homepage More users are being pushed to AI-first search, with sites that create content seeing a rapid decline in traffic. No better time to move away from Google.

searchenginewatch.com

Google's classic Search button is gone in a new AI-first homepage

Google tests an AI-focused homepage for signed-out users, adding Create images, Ask about files and Brainstorm alongside the search box.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Flock is losing dozens of contracts as controversy grows, with 54 cities across the US having voted against them A testament that continued protest against these special interests can make a difference.

futurism.com

Flock Is Losing Dozens of Contracts as Controversy Grows

New data reveals Flock cameras are being rejecting in a growing number of US cities, as outrage against the company's spy cameras soars.

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Kyle Bradley @kylebradley.wsocial.eu · 08/08/2026

JUST IN 🚨: Trump administration has agreed to pay a German firm $1.2bn to halt US wind projects In March, they paid TotalEnergies $1bn to do the same. More than doubling their losses for no tangible benefits beyond looking "ugly"

bbc.co.uk

Trump administration to pay German firm to halt US wind projects

The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Spotify is going all in on AI features, including AI-generated songs. A big part of it is that the more people listen to their generated content, the less they have to pay actual artists. And it's why they have one of the lowest average royalties per stream.

gizmodo.com

Spotify Execs Bet People Will Pay for AI-Generated Music

The company is going all in on AI features, including AI-generated songs, to turn free users to paid.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

⚠️ FCC removes key limit on media ownership - raising the potential of major consolidation of broadcast TV stations Brendan Carr's actions are set to be challenged, as others argue that only Congress has the authority to remove the restrictions.

deadline.com

FCC Removes Key Limit On Media Ownership

The agency's action removes a 39% cap on media ownership, but it is likely to face a court challenge.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

'If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future' - Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy and found the perfect government to enable them This isn't a hyperbole. Might not be the extreme of a fascist regime, but if the current course remains, most will be beholden to a wealthy few.

theguardian.com

‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

REPORT🚨: Ex-60 Minutes boss wants to create rival broadcast with fired staffers A new current affairs program is being pitched to streaming giants involving talent dismissed by controversial CBS News chief Bari Weiss I hope this happens... high-quality journalism is becoming increasingly rare

the-independent.com

Ex-60 Minutes boss wants to create rival broadcast with fired staffers: report

A new current affairs program is reportedly being pitched to streaming giants and could involve talent frozen out or dismissed by controversial CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN proposed ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - without increasing taxes The impact of this change would be a major uplift to the working class, as multi-billion-dollar corporations are forced to pay their fair share.

taxjustice.net

Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice Network

UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Flock, Ring and Atlanta’s network of more than 28,000 integrated cameras haven’t improved city’s crime clearance rates The question is why local governments continue to spend tax dollars on surveillance that hasn’t produced meaningful outcomes.

atlpresscollective.com

28,000 cameras and counting, but Atlanta's clearance rates aren't rising

Despite the eight-fold growth of surveillance cameras directly accessible by Atlanta PD officers, crime clearance rates haven't increased.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

An excellent summary of the issues with the data center boom, and how communities end up footing the bill. Source: @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

⚠️ Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7. Hyperscale Data told residents that if they were so bothered by it, they'd buy their homes. The city confirmed the noise violations and fined them, but it is unlikely the company will do anything about it.

tomshardware.com

'It sounds like someone set up a vacuum, like in your living room': Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7 — company fined for industrial noise ordinance violations, offers to buy h...

Some residents have been there for almost 100 years

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Another global retailer launches Wero payment in opposition to Mastercard & Visa. Decathlon isn't just including it on its German checkout page, but will also extend it to its physical stores. Expect more regions and businesses to follow soon.

sgieurope.com

Decathlon Germany launches Wero payment on its website

Decathlon Germany is the first market in its group to offer the Wero payment system, with store rollout and a customer campaign planned for 2026.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

LIDL introduces the European payment system WERO in Germany, with more regions in the coming months An important step in moving away from Mastercard & Visa. And the best part is that WERO comes with no transaction fees

thepaypers.com

Lidl selects Wero for online payments in Germany | The Paypers

Lidl has chosen Wero, the European Payments Initiative's account-to-account payment method, for online purchases on Lidl.de in Germany.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Oracle signs 10-year software contract with Pentagon worth up to $7 billion Not the first time taxpayers' money is being funnelled to companies that show their loyalty. Up to us to voice our dissent with our wallets.

cnbc.com

Oracle signs 10-year software contract with Pentagon worth up to $7 billion

Oracle will supply on-premises software to the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

JUST IN 🚨: EU Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act For self-preferencing its own services and for putting in place restrictions on businesses to direct consumers to alternatives. This is a start. These fines need to escalate for continued inaction.

ec.europa.eu

Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act

Today, the European Commission took two decisions finding non-compliance by Google with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for self-preferencing its own services on Google Search, and for putting in place ...

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