Foxglove is a team of lawyers, technology experts, and communications specialists. The team think governments and big tech companies are misusing digital technology, and that this is harming the rest of us. Legal challenge launched over government approval of Buckinghamshire hyperscale data centre Tech justice non-profit Foxglove and environmental charity Global Action Plan have launched a legal challenge against the government's decision to force through construction of a huge hyperscale data centre in the Buckinghamshire Green Belt.
Foxglove is a not-for-profit established in 2019 that leads investigation, litigation and campaigning to hold governments, public bodies and Big Tech companies accountable for digital technology and data. Foxglove Foxglove is an independent non-profit. We stand up to tech giants and governments and for a future where technology is used to benefit everyone, not just the rich and powerful.
In our first two years we've built a track record for holding big tech and governments alike to account. Written evidence submitted by Foxglove (SMH0066) This is a submission from British tech justice non. Martha Dark is the co-founder and director of Foxglove, a non-profit organisation and advocacy group dedicated to improving the working conditions of content moderators, among other things.
In addition to investigating, litigating, and campaigning on technology and social justice matters, Foxglove strives to challenge the harms caused by Big Tech and make technology fair and accessible to. A landmark legal challenge to stop Google stealing the work of British journalists has been launched in a case brought by tech justice non-profit Foxglove, the Independent Publishers Alliance, and the Movement for an Open Web (MOW). In a complaint submitted to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), supported by leading antitrust law firm Preiskel and Co, the organisations warn.
Foxglove aims to prove that tech giants like Facebook, Uber and Google aren't different from other corporations and need to face the same regulations, and "maybe pay some tax" too, Crider says. In conclusion Charities fighting for human rights in tech, like Foxglove UK, are essential in the digital age. From data protection to workers' rights, environmental impact to challenging big tech's unchecked power, they're pushing for a future where tech and AI serves the many, not just the powerful few.
