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Stop billionaires spying on us   [Photo from European Parliament of Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, looking at what someone is writing to his right.]( It’s one of Big Tech’s most harmful practices – and now we have a chance to ban it. Sign here to back Norway's request to ban Mark Zuckerberg's spying behavioural ads: [ Sign the petitionÂ]( {NAME}, Billionaire companies like Google and Meta are breaking the law to grab deeply private and personal information from us and sell to anybody willing to pay. Now we have a real chance to end this: the highest European authority on data protection (EDPB) was called to decide if stealing people's data for money must end once for all, and this is HUGE! European data protection can have worldwide impact, as companies cannot operate drastically different across continents as the internet has no borders, so if they are forced to respect European laws this will inevitably protect people worldwide - from the US to Brazil, from India to Germany! We have to put pressure on them to make sure they decide on favour of the people, not the billionaires! Our data is ours - let's end this nonsense: [Sign now to stop billionaires spying on us]( When we innocently do a search on the web, watch a video, or scroll our social media accounts, companies like Google, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram are actively stealing personal information and selling them off. They secretly know your sexual orientation, where and who you've been with, what you bought, the websites you visited, substances you're taking…the list is literally endless. Stealing our private life is their business model. And this is not ok. But this can change - this historical decision now lies with the European Data Protection Board (EDBP), the highest authority in Europe on the subject, where they can force companies to ask for our consent before collecting any private information from us, so we need to show people around the world are standing up to billionaires stealing from us: [Sign now to stop billionaires spying on us]( We’ve taken on Big Tech before and won. The Ekō community lobbied hard to pass the Digital Services Act - a tough new European law which curbs some of Big Tech’s worst excesses, and halted WhastApp from stealing people's data globally. [ Sign the petitionÂ]( Thanks for all that you do, Flora, Vicky, Eoin and the team at Ekō More information: [Norway wants Facebook behavioral advertising banned across Europe]( The Register. 29 September 2023. [Here are the data brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information]( Fast Company. 3 February 2019.     --------------------------------------------------------------- Ekō is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. We want to buy from, work for and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers well and respect democracy. And we’re not afraid to stand up to them when they don’t. Please help keep Ekō strong by chipping in $3 [Chip in $3]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. | [Unsubscribe](   --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Us On Social Media [Facebok]( [Instagram]( [Youtube](Eko.Movement) [Twitter]( [TikTok](eko.movement) [Telegram](