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Big tech's duty of care

Lawyers and doctors have to act in their clients' best interests. What if Facebook and Google had to do the same?

Risk but no return

The government puts billions into research and development – so why doesn't it own a stake in the results?

Power and accountability in the digital economy

Data and big tech companies have more and more power. As the digital economy develops, we need to put people and society at the centre.

One year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we need to beef up responsibility for algorithms

We have choices about the digital future that we want.

Demanding a 'right to repair'

Companies are creating products that aren't designed to be fixed.

Disrupting the climate

What’s the role of the tech world in preventing climate chaos?

What’s your score?

How discriminatory algorithms control access and opportunity

Take back technology

Technology is putting workers under greater surveillance and stress. But it can also empower.

'Proptech' could exploit renters like Uber does workers

Software solutions won't fix our broken housing system

What conversations about Cambridge Analytica are missing

There is a bogeyman here – but it isn't the consulting firm

Can anyone compete with Uber?

Ethical alternatives are possible, and are popping up across the world.

NEF launches crowdfunding campaign to build an ethical alternative to Uber

We want to build a driver-owned minicab firm and ride-hailing app

Put drivers in control

A driver-owned alternative to Uber is not wishful thinking – we’re building it right now

Who controls the robots? Men.

There's a power imbalance in the world of tech and it needs to be disrupted

We can do better than Uber