How to Leave Meta: Get Your Data Off Facebook & Instagram — Sophie’s Bureau | Digital Operations Partner A step-by-step guide to exporting your photos and data from Facebook and Instagram, cleaning up your accounts, and deleting them properly.

The door's open. Take your photos, take your data, and don't look back. I've written a complete walkthrough for leaving Facebook and Instagram properly, without losing anything or getting locked out.

www.sophiesbureau.com/digital-ops/...

#LeaveMeta #DigitalEthics #EthicalTech

Screenshot of a Friendica post titled 'My journey away from toxic online accounts' listing alternatives like Mastodon, Friendica, Infomaniak, etc.

My journey away from toxic online accounts:

friendica.world/display/84b6...

I just migrated almost everything:
Google→Infomaniak;
Social Media→Mastodon, Friendica, Diaspora;
Messengers→Matrix.

#DeGoogle #FOSS #Fediverse #SwitchToEU #EthicalTech

Original post on mastodon.social

📢 We've updated the Rebel Tech Alliance site: it now has app icons for all the Alternatives we list 😀
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We also added a better light mode, that matches the blog newsletter sepia look, and search boxes […]

As the world integrates AI into the front lines, the stakes for global security have never been higher.

Endorsed by over 50 nations, this call to action urges states to prioritise stability and ethics in the digital age of warfare.

#MilitaryAI #EthicalTech #GlobalSecurity #ResponsibleAI

Submit an Initiative - Regenerative Technology

We’re always looking for more examples.

What regenerative technology initiatives should we consider for the directory?

Submit here:
www.regentech.co/submit-an-in...

#RegenTech #EthicalTech #RegenerativeTechnology

7/ If you believe technology should empower people

— not extract from them

— follow along as we build.

#EthicalTech #Accessibility #Gaming #Community

So far I’ve changed:
Gmail —> Proton mail
Chrome —> Vivaldi
WhatsApp—> Signal
Google docs —> Libre Office
ChatGPT —> MistralAI

#TechAlternatives
#EthicalTech

How to prevent AI from turning us into "digital serfs"? Proposals: regulation and open models.

#AI #DigitalFeudalism #EthicalTech

Listen now! On Tech Ethics Podcast Episode 42: Why Ethical Tech Is a Competitive Advantage
This episode discusses how the development and deployment of ethical technology products is a competitive advantage for companies.
https://post.citiprogram.org/4rUOW80
#EthicalTech #AI #TechnologyEthics

I'm looking for people working at a bank in Europe who are interested in #EthicalTech and who would be interested to help us ensure that banking apps function well on European operating systems. Do you know anyone? Please reach out to me via DM!

#DigitalSovereignty #banking #FairTech

What’s Broken in Today’s Modern Payment Culture—and Why It’s Time to Think Differently Modern payment culture has made transactions faster—but not always better. As privacy erodes and visibility increases, it’s worth asking what’s broken and how we can think differently about giving.

We normalized public payments without really questioning them.

Our blog explores how modern payment culture shifted—and why privacy, simplicity, and human comfort should matter just as much as speed.

#PrivacyByDesign #EthicalTech #DigitalPayments

www.radiumpayments.com/post/new-yea...

⚛️IMSPARK: Turning Nuclear History Into Global Leadership Opportunities⚛️

#EthicalTech, #GlobalLeadership, #GlobalSafety, #HumanCapital, #IAEA, #IMSPARK, #NuclearLegacy, #NuclearWorkforce, #Pacific, #Prevention

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⚛️IMSPARK: Turning Nuclear History Into Global Leadership Opportunities⚛️

#EthicalTech, #GlobalLeadership, #GlobalSafety, #HumanCapital, #IAEA, #IMSPARK, #NuclearLegacy, #NuclearWorkforce, #Pacific, #Prevention

open.substack.com/pub/imaginep...

Original Startup Horror Story: How Victor Frankenstein Engineered a Monster and Tanked His Own IPO (of Personhood) Alternatively, a warning about the importance of carefully reading the terms and conditions before playing god (or perhaps even just advanced bioscience)

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#Frankenstein
#MaryShelley
#GothicLit
#TechBroSatire
#Frankenstein200
#GothicHorror
#ScienceFiction
#UncheckedAmbition
#LiteraryAnalysis
#Romanticism
#TheMonster
#CreatorAndCreated
#EthicalTech
#VictorFrankenstein
#ClassicLit
#TeenGenius
#ParadiseLost
#LiterarySatire

Generosity doesn’t need an audience.

Radium Payments makes it easy to be generous—no QR codes, no public feeds, no pressure.

#PaymentApp #FinTech #PrivateByDesign #CashlessTipping #EthicalTech #DigitalRights #RadiumPayments #TheGenerosityApp

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#OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #FreeSoftware #PrivacyMatters #TechForGood #CommunityDriven #Linux #FOSS #CodeWithFreedom #EthicalTech (1/1)

I'm A Proud Luddite. That's Why I Use Linux. And maybe you should too.

thelibre.news/im-a-proud-l...

What Luddites actually believed—and why it resonates with Linux and FOSS today. Not anti-technology, but against tech used to strip dignity, cut wages, lower quality, and enrich elites.

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #SurveillanceCapitalism #Enshittification #EthicalTech

Without governance, intelligence scales faster than responsibility.
And that imbalance never ends well.

#AIGovernance #ResponsibleAI #AIFuture #EthicalTech #AISafety

We can help you: Learn - why Surveillance Capitalism and Big Tech are the root of so many problems, and how this came to be Switch to Alternatives - we suggest alternative tech stacks, so you can change up to avoid Big Tech's creepy surveillance Unite - you're not alone. There are many privacy orgs, and a huge number of individuals, who care about privacy and democracy. Collectively we can get things done Stay up to date - subscribe to our blog for the latest anti-big tech news, deep dive articles, and details of our Big Tech Walkout programme Find resources - we link to all the best books, films, documentaries, blogs, podcasts and guides

Here's what the Rebel Tech Alliance website does for you :

https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/

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#privacy #bigtech #ethicaltech #broligarchy #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism

7/7** 🌍 The future of messaging isn’t centralized. It’s *yours*.
Element proves: secure, open communication isn’t a dream—it’s here. For individuals. For teams. For humanity. ✨
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#FutureOfChat #EthicalTech #Matrix #DecentralizeTheWeb 🌱

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I've started to look at de-coupling from Google.
I've found @murena-com.bsky.social and it looks pretty good.
@fairphone.com obvs.
Who else is out there?
#ethicalTech

There I was thinking email would be the hardest part of migrating away from Google Workspace... its the freakin' calendar that is giving me all the headaches! Battling with CalDav issues is no fun... #caldav #ethicaltech #leavinggoogle

Commenters wonder if YC's financial success emphasis overshadows vital aspects like positive societal impact or ethical considerations. Is a high valuation the only measure that truly matters? 🤔 #EthicalTech 4/6

🔥 The countdown is ON! Just 1 day left until the AI TRUST Safety & Compliance Seminar 2026 🚀Step into the future of ethical AI.

📍 Attend in-person or online
🗓️ Jan 22 | 🕑 2:00 PM
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#AITRUST2026 #AICompliance #EthicalTech #DrSamSwapn #StrategismInc #TrustModelAI

Post 7 / 10 – Make Power Accountable, Not Invisible
Tie executive compensation and ad privileges to integrity metrics—accuracy, transparency, and harm reduction—not pure engagement.
#EthicalTech #Accountability

We are Fairphone. Our journey so far. We’re disrupting the industry by changing how our devices are built and produced. It’s only fair.

Fairphone: built for longevity, repairability and a fairer electronics industry (shop.fairphone.com/about-us). Now @ru_nl picks it as the standard smartphone for staff, because #sustainability can be everyday tech www.ru.nl/en/staff/new...

#EthicalTech

A core debate emerged: is lock-picking by a robot true "hacking"? Some view it as a traditional breaking skill, while others define "hacker" as a builder/coder. This highlights a fundamental ethical split in how we perceive tech and its practitioners. #EthicalTech 2/6

X Corporation's Grok AI faces backlash for generating non-consensual explicit images. Partial ban implemented, but critics question its effectiveness. #GrokAI #EthicalTech #AIRegulation Link: thedailytechfeed.com/x-corporatio...

Cheaterbuster AI - App To Find Hidden Profiles Cheaterbuster is an AI-powered search engine designed to detect hidden dating profiles, primarily on Tinder and other apps, by allowing users to input a

Cheaterbuster AI – App To Find Hidden Profiles

#Cheaterbuster #DatingSafety #PrivacyFirst #AIsearch #ProfileDetection #TinderAlert #AnonymousSearch #RealTimeResults #EthicalTech #FacialRecognition #FreeWithAI

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