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Hope you’ve had a great start to your new year. Over here at Accountable Tech, we hit the ground running.

I try to pause and reflect at the end of each month about our work and progress, and I’ll be honest—I did not expect so much to happen this past month. The holidays seem like a lifetime ago already. Here’s a quick recap of our busy January:

*
The
Select
Committee
to
Investigate
the
January
6th
Attack
on
the
Capitol
subpoenaed
four
social
media
companies,
including
Facebook
,
after
they
failed
to
provide
adequate
responses
to
the
Committee’s
questions.
As
we
know,
Facebook
was
the
launch
pad
for
the
Stop
the
Steal
movement
and
the
organizing
platform
for
the
deadly
attack
on
the
Capitol.
We
were
one
of
the
first
groups
calling
for
Congress
to
investigate
Facebook,
and
we’re
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
the
investigation
reveals
about
Facebook’s
leadership
knowingly
allowing
their
platform
to
be
used
to
incite
an
insurrection.
*
*
Senator
Cory
Booker,
Rep.
Anna
Eshoo,
and
Rep.
Jan
Schakowsky
introduced
the
Banning
Surveillance
Advertising
Act
in
Congress.
This
landmark
bicameral
legislation
would
ban
the
toxic
business
model
of
surveillance
advertising
that
is
at
the
core
of
Big
Tech’s
proliferation
of
disinformation
and
extremism
on
and
offline
by
prohibiting
the
hyper-targeting
of
ads
and
sale
of
personal
data.
*
*
On
the
other
side
of
the
Atlantic,
the
European
Parliament
held
key
plenary
votes
on
the
Digital
Services
Act
(DSA)
,
and
the
legislation
moved
closer
to
becoming
law.
The
DSA
will
ban
surveillance
advertising
for
minors
and
prohibit
the
use
of
highly
sensitive
personal
data
for
behavioral
targeting
of
anyone—marking
another
key
victory
in
the
growing
transatlantic
movement
to
ban
surveillance
advertising.
*
*
You
might
also
remember
that
in
September
2021
we
filed
a
rulemaking
petition
with
the
Federal
Trade
Commission
(FTC),
urging
the
agency
to
prohibit
surveillance
advertising
through
their
regulatory
powers.
The
comment
period
just
wrapped
up
on
our
petition
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and
we
were
blown
away
by
the
diverse
array
of
advocacy
organizations,
businesses,
lawmakers,
experts,
and
grassroots
supporters—
including
over
2,000
of
you
—who
came
forward
to
support
our
petition
and
call
on
the
FTC
to
take
action.
*
*
With
a
bipartisan
16-6
vote
last
week,
the
American
Innovation
and
Choice
Online
Act
passed
out
of
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee.
This
is
the
first
time
in
decades
that
anti-monopoly
legislation
has
passed
out
of
committee
in
both
the
U.S.
House
and
Senate.
Critically,
this
bill
would
rein
in
Big
Tech’s
monopoly
power
by
banning
e-commerce
giants
like
Amazon
and
Google
from
elevating
their
own
products
in
search
results—restoring
a
fair
marketplace
for
small
business
owners
and
consumers.

None of this work happened overnight. It’s taken almost a year for us to see this progress in our fight to ban surveillance advertising. It also takes staff time, coalition websites, compelling videos, social media graphics, legal guidance, and campaign resources to create this transatlantic momentum to ban surveillance advertising.

Chip in now to help us double-down on our fight to ban surveillance advertising and uproot Big Tech’s toxic business model that’s fueling disinformation and extremism on and offline:

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As we close out this first month of 2022, we cannot thank you enough for your support. Even if you cannot donate now, your interest, voice, support, and perspective are always valued in our work.

Onwards,

Nicole

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Nicole Gill
Co-founder & Executive Director
Accountable Tech



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