The Tech Oversight Project

The Tech Oversight Project is a nonprofit dedicated to holding Big Tech accountable by passing comprehensive antitrust legislation.

[Sumit Sharma @SumitEcon]

This from @sachalouise is spot on

“….expose Big Tech, force Republicans to choose between voters and their donors”

A good strategy generally on exposing corruption that undermines fair market competition & enriches the few.

https://t.co/LaTuv0CmgB

[The Tech Oversight Project @Tech_Oversight]

Then build an agenda big enough to carry into 2028: make the companies profiting from AI pay their share, make sure workers share in the wealth it creates, and deliver a New Deal for the age of AI.

Read @sachalouise’s full piece here 👇
https://t.co/3dFZgLSBMd

[The Tech Oversight Project @Tech_Oversight]

NEW in @thehill: Our Founder & CEO Sacha Haworth on what Democrats owe the voters who just handed them a tech accountability mandate.

Her answer: govern like we campaigned. 🧵

[The Tech Oversight Project @Tech_Oversight]

The worst thing Democrats could do now is welcome Big Tech lobbyists back to DC. Instead: use the gavel. Haul tech CEOs before Congress. Pass a comprehensive social media, data privacy and AI safety bill. Make Big Tech – not families – pay for its data centers.

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

I wrote something for @thehill I’m very proud of: how Democrats can use our tech accountability mandate to create a movement big enough to carry us into 2028. As many of us head to Denver to talk what’s next, what I argue here I believe must be part of that.

[The Tech Oversight Project @Tech_Oversight]

As AI reshapes more jobs, more neighborhoods, and more kids’ lives, this movement’s ranks will grow – and candidates who stand alongside us in 2028 will have a powerful & unignorable force at their backs.

Read @sachalouise's full memo here ⬇ https://t.co/HyDqWmNRho

[The Tech Oversight Project @Tech_Oversight]

The worst thing Democrats could do now is return to business as usual with Big Tech. Our new memo lays out how the new majority can seize this moment – by making Big Tech answer to the public & ensuring AI and the American tech industry serve all of us, not just billionaire CEOs.

[The Hill @thehill]

Tech watchdog lays out Democratic agenda for first 100 days

https://t.co/TrVIEkZQSf

[The Tech Oversight Project @Tech_Oversight]

The strategy for the next two years?

- Use the power of the gavel to expose Big Tech
- Force Rs to choose on the record between their voters and their donors
- Build a political movement and agenda big enough to carry into 2028

[Alexander McCoy @AlexanderMcCoy4]

NEW from @sachalouise & @Tech_Oversight!

“Democrats running in more than 130 federal and gubernatorial races aired anti-tech or anti-data center ads this cycle, an increase over just two Democratic ads mentioning those topics from 2020 to 2024.

Democrats used these messages four times as often as Republicans, the report says. The ads appeared in nearly every battleground state, as well as three toss-up governor races.

Ads cited by the report blame AI for price-gouging, harm to children, and even healthcare denial, while data center-focused ads press Republicans on water use and threats to farmland.”

https://t.co/xCimoH79Ip

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

Four years ago, tech barely registered as a campaign issue.

This cycle, @Tech_Oversight tracked 136 races for Congress and governors running ads on AI, data centers, and online safety, making 2026 the first AI election and giving the next Congress a mandate to act.

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

The breakdown: 100 House races, 17 Senate, 19 governor.

Democrats out-messaged Republicans on this 4-to-1. 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔴

Tough to run against Big Tech after a year of handing out industry tax breaks.

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

And it wasn’t just safe seats. Tech accountability ads ran in:

🔥 74% of DCCC Red-to-Blue races
🔥 86% of Senate toss-ups
🔥 100% of governor toss-ups

Campaigns poll and test before they spend seven figures. Nobody’s doing this for vibes.

NOW FOR SOME EXAMPLES:

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

#1: your power bill. ⚡🧾

#AKSEN - Mary Peltola told Alaskans their bills are going up because of Big Tech’s data centers.
#WISEN - David Crowley’s ads boil down to: make Big Tech pay.

Turns out “billionaires got a server farm, you got the invoice” is a message. 📬

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

#2: corruption. 🤝💵

The inauguration checks. The ballroom. The AI super PACs. Tech stock trades.

#TXSEN - 📈 Talarico hit Paxton for being bankrolled by data centers.

When voters picture a rigged Washington, a lot of them are now picturing a tech CEO. 🕴️

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

#3: the tax breaks. 🎁

#CA22 - Randy Villegas to David Valadao: “Why did you vote to give $80 billion to data centers?” 🤔

Tough one to answer in 30 seconds. ⏱️😬

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

🔮 Plus in some 2028 previews, we had:

🏥 AI denying health claims #OH13
🏷️ AI price gouging #ORgov
🧒 Kids’ online safety #GASen, #VA05
🚜 Data centers on farmland #KSgov, #IASen
Sunflowers vs. server farms is not a close matchup in Kansas. 🌻 > 🖥️

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

Industry shills have claimed that there are "dozens of frontline Democrats who’ve chosen not to advertise on data centers."

There are 26 Frontline races.

12 ran tech accountability ads. 10 hit data centers by name.

Dozens, you say? 🤨🧮

[Sacha Haworth @sachalouise]

📈 Dems’ edge on handling AI grew from 8 points this summer to 12 by September. It works. ✅

If we win big tonight, the play: use the gavel 🔨, get the CEOs under oath 🙋, and don’t trade it all back for a Palo Alto fundraiser. 🙅

Full report 👇 https://t.co/Mr61QGtNR6