Big Tech companies serve as modern gatekeepers of information, communications, and commerce, putting unparalleled power in the hands of a few corporations with very little oversight. These companies – like Meta, X, Google, Amazon, and Apple – were not fundamentally designed to serve the public good, but rather to generate growth and profits.

These companies operate under a toxic surveillance advertising business model, allow bad actors to weaponize data-rich platforms to manipulate consumers, create echo chambers and false realities for their users, and fail to create meaningful policies that will not only address, but prevent the myriad of societal harms they cause. The proliferation of generative AI has added new and greater threats to our safety and privacy, prompting the need for immediate action to mitigate Big Tech’s growing threats.