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Scotland resists big tech power
The encroachment of AI and big tech infrastructure can seem unstoppable. But the future does not need to belong to unaccountable tech monopolies. And in Scotland the fightback has begun with local resistance to hyperscale data centres; campaigns to end university contracts with big tech corporations with links to the genocide in Gaza, and calls for the Scottish parliament to implement a digital sovereignty bill.
At this Global Justice Now gathering participants will be talking about these small but important steps to challenge corporate power, democratise digital technology and put human and planetary needs before profit.
Organising together in Scotland is vital if we want to reclaim this technology as a public good and build a better future for everyone.
Speakers:
- Nick Dearden, Director, Global Justice Now
- Dr Samer Abdelnour, Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh University
- Dr Craig Dalzell, Head of Policy and Research, Common Weal
- Rebel Tech Alliance
- Sarah Jaffe, reporter and writer covering labour and social movement in the U.S (joining online)
- Rachael Revesz, journalist campaigning against hyperscale data centres in Scotland
- Ben Parker, Scottish Green party Councillor in Edinburgh
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