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Journalism is at the heart of everything we do. But sometimes journalism alone is not enough. From strategic litigation to collaboration with experts, we’re experimenting with new techniques to raise awareness and bring about change on the issues we care about most.
Taking On The Big Tech Oligarchy
The Citizens’ Techno-authoritarianism Fight Back Toolkit
In brief
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The Real Facebook Oversight Board
Around the world Facebook is being used to subvert elections, fuel hate speech and spread disinformation. In 2020 the Citizens brought together a group of global academics, lawyers, journalists and civil rights campaigners to hold the tech giant to account
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The People’s AI Summit
The conversation around AI safety is urgently needed, but the UK government’s AI Safety Summit fails to address the most immediate, dangerous risks of AI. So the Citizens is convening ‘The People’s AI Summit’ with civil society, academics, experts and platform accountability advocates.
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Investigate the Russia Report
The 2020 Russia Report called for a full investigation into Kremlin interference in UK democratic processes. The government refused, so we’re taking them to court
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Facebook Receipts
This is a project of The Citizens, designed to expose Facebook’s activity in Washington D.C. and around the globe as it attempts to influence legislation and regulation.
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Independent SAGE
The Citizens helped to launch Independent SAGE at the start of the pandemic in response to a lack of transparency from the government about the science it was following. This group of scientists, medics and public health experts continues to inform the public, press and policy makers via reports, media engagement and weekly briefings
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Keeping the receipts
Under this government there has been a steady erosion of democratic norms. So we’re keeping a record – of the lies, the law-breaking, the cronyism, the corruption and the new legislation which threatens our rights. Because you can’t fight it if you can’t see it
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Stop Government by WhatsApp
We can’t learn from history if it’s been deleted. Through investigative journalism and legal action, we’re campaigning to expose and prevent the use of ‘disappearing’ Whatsapp messages and private emails to conduct official government business
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Press Freedom
British law courts are being used by wealthy individuals to silence journalists, earning London the nickname ‘libel capital of the world’. There is no democracy without a free press so we’re calling for reform of the UK’s libel laws