My all time favourite tech politics podcast Computer Says Maybe with amazing @alixdunn.com is up for a Webby! Vote for them here: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

It's absolutely right gov should explore triggering the break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract. Concerns re: vendor lock in, how Palantir got the huge FDP deal, public benefit & whether their kit works for trusts are not "ideological" but very real. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

NHS staff boycott Palantir’s data platform over ethical concerns. www.ft.com/content/dbb6...

After we @foxglovelegal.bsky.social worked with Carbon Brief to show the government’s data centres emissions projections were a fantasy, government responded by… deleting the projections and replacing them with a note that they are under “routine review”. So much for transparency.

The government is reportedly considering triggering the break clause in Palantir’s NHS data contract. It's a no-brainer - this break clause is an exit ramp and the government should take it.

Ministers are reportedly exploring how to cancel dangerous spy-tech firm Palantir's contract to handle NHS data after over 150k people joined me in calling on them to break the contract. Join us - together we can kick out Palantir out of our NHS: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

www.ft.com/content/2d2b... Ministers consider triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. They should. Palantir has no place in the NHS. @justtreatment.org @labourlewis.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social

Support our call to the UK Government for transparency over Lord Mandelson's links with Palantir - sign here: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

"In December the MoD refused to release a partnership agreement signed by the defence secretary, John Healey, and Palantir’s Karp in London, which preceded last month’s £241m contract with Palantir." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

www.ft.com/content/1a48... Great @financialtimes.com coverage including @foxglovelegal.bsky.social's work exposing the realities behind claims about data centre job creation...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Great write up of our case with @globalactionplan.bsky.social in @theguardian.com As Rosa says “It shouldn’t take us having to drag the government to court for them to admit their decision to back big tech’s polluting datacentres was fundamentally wrong,”

Big news today as UK Government concedes in data centre court case. “It shouldn’t take us having to drag the Government to court for them to admit their decision to back Big Tech’s polluting data centres was fundamentally wrong," says Foxglove's Rosa Curling: www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/01/22/u...

🎉 The UK Government has admitted “serious error” in forcing through the Woodlands hyperscale data centre without environmental protections in response to @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & @globalactionplan.bsky.social's legal case. More below Thanks to everyone who helped make this case possible.

New: TikTok is facing legal action over union-busting measures against key safety workers in London: www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/12/19/p...

🗞️ News: @foxglovelegal.bsky.social has launched a new case against TikTok in the UK for union busting. Read more in Sky's coverage here: news.sky.com/story/tiktok... We proud to support TikTok workers, Julio & others, alongside @leigh-day.bsky.social and @utaw.tech union. Details below!

EC has formally opened an investigation into Google for using publishers’ content without meaningful consent or compensation for its AI Overviews feature. Big win for civil society orgs like @foxglovelegal.bsky.social who’ve been asking for this. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Good news: earlier this year, we called on the European Commission to act over Google's theft of independent journalists' work to fuel 'AI Overviews'. Today they announced that they've opened an investigation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Rosa Curling, co-executive director of Foxglove - which had called on the Commission in June to tackle the impact of AI Overviews - said "clear & present" dangers to journalism and democracy remain. "We need an urgent opt out for news publishers to stop Google from stealing their reporting today."'

We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social were delighted the European Commission yesterday announced it will investigate Google AI Overviews in response to our complaint. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"MPs on the select committee said the UK needed to develop greater “sovereign” technology capacity, award more contracts to smaller, local providers, and be less reliant on deals that resulted in government departments becoming locked into services with US firms." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

"@labourlewis.bsky.social, who campaigned against Palantir’s work with the NHS, told me: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

I'm in Kuala Lumpur this week at #GIJC2025 and the CTRL+J International meeting talking about Foxglove's work challenging AI overviews and Google's theft of news around the world. Let me know if you're in town and fancy a coffee.

love this for you ICC www.euractiv.com/news/interna...

jobs.theguardian.com/job/9893829/... Recruitment for a head of ops position at @foxglovelegal.bsky.social closes in a week! Please share widely and apply if of interest.

@foxglovelegal.bsky.social supporters in action 👇 objecting to Google's NEW Thurrock data centre. 💪 Join them www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/th... Google's data centre will emit half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to 500 short-haul flights a week.

We are hiring a head of operations at Foxglove! All the details are below - please share with anyone brilliant / that might be interested. jobs.theguardian.com/job/9893829/...

Thank you for showing us exactly why our cloud infrastructure shouldn't be in the hands of just three companies today AWS. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

Great write up of our report in Computer Weekly. We'll continue to urge gov to properly scrutinise data centre developers’ environmental claims. @foxglovelegal.bsky.social @globalactionplan.bsky.social www.computerweekly.com/news/3666322... (full report here www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...)

Read the report in full here www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/10/05/r...

Our research out today and covered in the Observer 👇 shows emissions from just 10 of the hundreds of UK data centres in the works could wipe out carbon emissions saved by switching to electric cars in 2025! @globalactionplan.bsky.social @foxglovelegal.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/busines...

www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen... We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and @globalactionplan.bsky.social are just £500 away from our fundraising target. Please share and donate if you can to help us get there!

Foxglove's @marthadark.bsky.social was at the UK's Labour party conference this week to warn about the environmental costs of Big Tech's data centres:

Kicking off our second panel of the day #Lab25, in partnership with @globalactionplan.bsky.social, with a discussion about whether our energy and water systems are ready for the AI Data Centre Boom.

There is a real knowledge gap around the energy and water consumption of data centres, says Martha Dark from @foxglovelegal.bsky.social, and there need to be better mechanisms for holding developers to their commitments - how do we build this infrastructure without letting climate targets slip?

- @marthadark.bsky.social, Foxglove Legal - @shanikamahendr1.bsky.social, Milton Keynes Councillor - @sophiaadamsbhatti.bsky.social, AI Expert (Chair) 🔗 Event Page: luma.com/5v40y8tj

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Microsoft CEO claimed "investing in data centres was 'effectively' also investing in modernising the power grid but did not say that money would be shared directly with the UK's power supplier" In short: he will pile more demand onto the grid but won't pay for it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh. Wow. A fine of [*checks notes*] about 1% of Google's annual turnover as punishment for [*checks further notes*] monopolising critical infrastructure in ways that aggressively defunds democracy. The EC's spinelessness is a revolution in materials science. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Google's monopoly power rips off consumers, pollutes our information environment, and destroys the news media. Today's €2.95 billion fine is a start, but won't touch Google's toxic ad-tech monopoly. The EU @ec.europa.eu must hold firm and now break up Google. www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...

Palantir is the last company that should be allowed anywhere near children’s services. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Listen to Oliver Hayes, our Head of Policy and Campaigns, and Martha Dark of @foxglovelegal.bsky.social talk on @themaybe.org podcast about the legal challenge we launched against the government’s decision to force construction of a data centre in Buckinghamshire. www.themaybe.org/podcast/shor...

NEWS! Foxglove (@foxglovelegal.bsky.social) and Global Action Plan (@globalactionplan.bsky.social) are suing to stop the UK govt's YOLO plans for data centers. Want a 15min brief on the case from @marthadark.bsky.social and @olliehayes.bsky.social? Listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/shor...

⚠️ We filed a complaint against the use of two algorithms in UK immigration enforcement operations. privacyinternational.org/long-read/5639/pi-rings-alarm-bell-and-alerts-ico-about-use-algorithms-home-office-and-their-impact

"The deputy prime minister's lack of meaningful scrutiny of this application sends a worrying signal to communities across the country that more and bigger data centres are inevitable." - Oliver Hayes, Global Action Plan, quoted in BBC coverage today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A legal challenge has been launched against a decision to force through construction of a hyperscale data centre in the Buckinghamshire Green Belt. Tech justice non-profit Foxglove and environmental charity Global Action Plan are represented by Rowan Smith. www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...

As Rosa says re our data centre challenge "Local people and businesses in Buckinghamshire will soon be competing with a power guzzling-behemoth to keep the lights on, which as we've seen in the states, usually means sky-high prices." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Together with Foxglove, we’re launching a legal challenge against the government’s decision to force construction of a hyperscale data centre in Buckinghamshire. Read the coverage in today's Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/... @theguardian.com

If you think our environment and our energy and water supplies are more important than the demands of Tech Billionaires, you can support our work to stop the UK Government forcing through environmentally destructive data centres here: www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...

The Government has overturned local concerns in order to force through a hyperscale data centre in Buckinghamshire. They didn’t even bother to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment before doing so. We’re taking legal action against this decision. www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/08/21/n...