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Big Tech isn’t boosting EU innovation - it’s buying it out. 🇪🇺 And competition authorities are letting it happen.🚨 The EU needs better tools to scrutinise mergers and block them when necessary. 🔎 Explore our M&A Tracker and help expose Big Tech’s acquisition machine 👇 www.somo.nl/big-tech-mer...

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When it comes to paying taxes, JBS doesn't bring all the bacon home 🥓 The world’s largest meat producer avoided paying an estimated $221 to $442 million through artificial structures and conduit companies, according to research by @worldanimalprotection.us and SOMO. 👉 www.somo.nl/jbss-global-...

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Hoe gaat het nu op de Westelijke Jordaanoever? ⚠️ Naast wat in Gaza gebeurt, vergeten we ook de Westelijke Jordaanoever niet. Aanstaande woensdag gaan we in gesprek over de huidige situatie en de rol van Nederland. 🗓️ 30 april 2025 – 20:00 uur 📍Debatpodium Arminius, Rotterdam ➡️ bit.ly/42K4Qa4

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The World Bank is supposed to promote economic stability, but in Ghana it's done the opposite: ❌ Exploitative and predatory investments ❌ Guaranteed corporate profits ❌ Risks offloaded onto the public sector It must be held accountable for this disaster ⚠️ www.somo.nl/gaslighting-...

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Ghana was promised affordable energy... It's now locked into crippling debt and fossil fuel dependency 🚨 New report by SOMO and ActionAid Ghana reveals how disastrous projects backed by the World Bank have prioritised corporate profits while draining public funds ⤵️ www.somo.nl/gaslighting-...

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Good that in spite of intense pressure from Trump & Big Tech the EU is taking steps to enforce its digital rules. Fines are not an end in themselves but we have to guarantee that Big Tech starts complying. Much remains to be done - including making Meta respect users' data choices.

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The CSDDD is being weakened by Omnibus, and now it won't cover most supermarket suppliers 🧐🍫🥑 We unpacked two Omnibus amendments to the #CSDDD and their impact on supermarket supply chains: www.somo.nl/save-your-ti... The EU Parliament and Member States must stop these amendments 📢

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Carbon market proponents tell us that the companies that buy carbon offsets are doing the most to reduce their emissions. But, guess what? A recent briefing from @somoamsterdam.bsky.social and @datadesk.bsky.social shows that claim just does not stand up. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/offsets-di...

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Offsetting the truth? 🚩  Delta. Shell. Total. Portrayed as climate leaders. Exposed as climate failures.  We crunched the numbers and they don't add up. Read the full investigation by SOMO & @datadesk.bsky.social⤵️ www.somo.nl/offsets-disc... #CarbonOffsets

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📢 An easy way for activists, academics, and journalists to monitor Big Tech's mergers and acquisitions 🔍 Our new Big Tech M&A Tracker gives an overview of the unchecked expansion of the world’s largest tech companies. Free and accessible to all. Get started:

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🚨Big Tech firms are quietly expanding their dominance through mergers and acquisitions. Most of these deals escape regulatory scrutiny, raising serious concerns about their impact on innovation, diversity and competition, especially in the EU. 👉 www.somo.nl/big-tech-acq...

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An important step in cutting Dutch ties to genocide! Yesterday, during a debate in the Dutch Parliament, MP Teunissen raised concerns about the use of Dutch dogs by the Israeli military, leading to a motion for the government to advocate for EU-level controls on police dogs as dual-use exports.

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Dutch dogs in Israel’s war crimes? 🚩 New investigation by SOMO reveals massive risk that Dutch dogs are being used to threaten, attack and torture Palestinian civilians. ⚠️ How much longer will the Netherlands turn a blind eye? Read our full investigation ⤵️ www.somo.nl/unleashing-t...

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💬 Join us at the State of Tax Justice conference! With @somoamsterdam.bsky.social and leading voices from civil society and academia, we’ll discuss progress on #taxjustice and challenges fighting #taxavoidance. 🗓 14 April, 14:00, Pakhuis de Zwijger (Amsterdam) 🔗 www.taxjustice.nl/14-april-con...

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Are we preventing abuse or just certifying it? 👀 Audits and certifications often hide, not stop, corporate abuse. Companies use them as smokescreens to continue business as usual. 🚩 Concerningly, the EU & others are embedding these flawed systems into law. Read more! www.somo.nl/the-illusion...

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. Last week, we brought together CSOs to confront this reality and strategise on how to fight back. Lessons: 🌍Monopolies are global and so should be our solutions 🤝We have an opportunity to build bold new alliances Read more ⬇️

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The @europarl.europa.eu just hit pause on corporate accountability. We say: justice delayed, justice denied. #NoToOmnibus By delaying sustainability laws, the EU is giving polluters & exploiters more time to act w/impunity. Meanwhile, responsible businesses & affected communities are left in limbo

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❌ Carbon offsets aren't solution, as shown by many investigations and legal cases exposing failures and abuses. Two industry-backed reports argue that companies that buy carbon credits decarbonise “further and faster”. But we found big flaws in their data and methodology👇 www.somo.nl/discredited/

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The #CarbonOffset industry cherry-picks data to push a misleading narrative ⚠️ SOMO and @datadesk.bsky.social analysed 2 of their reports; and expose 8 big flaws in their data and methodology. This isn’t just bad science. It’s a dangerous distraction. Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/discredited/

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NEW: Michelle Meagher (@balancedeconomy.bsky.social @somoamsterdam.bsky.social) writes that to preserve its contributions to the marketplace of ideas about antitrust, the Neo-Brandeisian movement must build out an infrastructure that archives its ideas and makes them accessible to the public.

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Missed it? Yesterday, @argosonderzoekt.bsky.social aired a powerful investigation: How can the Dutch company Booking.com continue its activities in illegal settlements? 📺 Watch full broadcast: npo.nl/start/serie/... 📖 Read the research: argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ho... @therightsforum.bsky.social

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“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵” - Travis Nichols. We will fight back. We will not be silenced. For our right to protest. Our right to speak truth to the power. Our right to a liveable planet. #InSolidarityWithGreenpeace

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Legal action can be a powerful way to resist the offset industry ✊ Recent landmark victories in Kenya, Peru, and Colombia have exposed the flaws of #CarbonOffsets, their human rights impacts, and delivered justice to affected communities. Read more: www.somo.nl/courts-as-sp...

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How do we counter the growing concentration of power in the hands of just a few CEOs? Join us Thursday 27/03 to tackle this question w/ @ceciliarikap.bsky.social @daniellehirsch.bsky.social @coricrider.com and many many more. ✨ If you would like to attend, reach out to us at [email protected]

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📣Today 87 CSOs say NO to the #SouthH2Corridor, a 3,300km pipeline to transport #H2 from North Africa to Germany via Italy. ❌ Benefiting corporations while draining Africa’s land, water & public resources bit.ly/43Plrva @elegere.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social @counter-balance.bsky.social

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🔥⚖️🌐NOW: historic moment for #ClimateJustice ongoing in #SaulvsRWE in Hamm 🇩🇪 📢this case could set a groundbreaking #ClimateLitigation legal precedent to hold polluters accountable for climate harms 🐦📝I will be reporting live on this platform, with facts & background 👇

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People, not Big Tech, should shape the internet.📲 Along with 16 organisations, we're announcing the Digital Merger Watch, a global initiative to scrutinise & challenge Big Tech's dominance.🔍 Learn more! somo.nl/digital-merger-watch/

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Together with 23 orgs. we highlighted: 🔗 The key linkages between #FossilFuels & climate harms, ⚖️ States & corporations' responsibilities to provide remedy for those harms & #PayUp. Read our submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights & climate report: climaterights.org/wp-content/u...

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BREAKING 🚨 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Yesterday, Shell officially completed the sale ➡️ bitl.to/4AEh

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An easy way to stay on top of corporate power issues 👇 From corporate accountability to climate justice and human rights due diligence, we bring you our latest research straight into your inbox every two weeks. No fluff, just the facts that matter. Sign up 📩 www.somo.nl/newsletter-s...

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🤩 Could you be my new colleague?? ✨ 📣 We're hiring a communications specialist who can help us communicate sharply and powerfully in both English and Dutch. 💪 🤝Join our amazing Amsterdam-based team @somoamsterdam.bsky.social 👊 Is this you? Apply here! 👇 www.somo.nl/communicatio...

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🧑‍💻 Free Webinar | Learn more about our pro bono helpdesk, The Counter. For who? Activists, public interest journalists, lawyers and CSOs. 🗓️ Thursday, 20th of March ⏰ 10:00 CET | 14:30 IST | 16:00 THA (best time for Asia, Africa and Europe) 📍Zoom 🗣️ English Register now ➡️ buff.ly/OFo6c6P

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#CorporateCapture in one image @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu launchs #CDI at #BigPolluters summit. “The #CleanIndustrialDeal delivers on each and every one of the 10 recommendations in the Antwerp Declaration” (aka #BigPolluters wishlist) #CID week recap 🧵 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/p...

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“Lydia de Leeuw of SOMO, who leads the complaint, told the Guardian: “We can see from the continued [Booking.com] listings … in the occupied Palestinian territory that they have no intention whatsoever of stopping doing what they are doing.” “

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Breaking: @ec.europa.eu kills sustainability laws in scandalous move to appease big business 🚨 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's EU Commission just released its Omnibus proposal to 'simplify business rules' - by which it means throwing human rights laws out of the window. (1/3) 👇

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