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How the EU can make the internet a better place

Thank you for joining this effort! Arba Kokalari is one of the key leaders we need to inspire, to help her stand strong and make sure the Digital Services Act puts people before platforms and their profits. 
 
Avaaz will collect the most inspiring and heartfelt messages, print them in one beautiful book, and deliver them to her and her team. 


Before you write - getting to know Arba Kokalari:

  1. When she was just a little girl growing up in Albania, she suffered poverty and witnessed the imprisonment of family members under the communist dictatorship.
  2. Now at just 35 years old she can already look back on a stellar political career in her new home country Sweden and in the European Parliament.
  3. She knows exactly what can happen when democracy crumbles, so it’s no surprise that she is extremely passionate about protecting European values and the many freedoms that European citizens enjoy.
  4. Her great-aunt was a famous writer and political dissident in Albania and just like her, Kokalari has already made her mark as a young woman in the male dominated world of politics.
  5. She is known to be confident, charismatic, fearless when it comes to speaking out about her beliefs . And as women are one of the main targets of hate speech and disinformation on social media platforms, it is important to have someone like her on our side!
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PS: By polling citizens in several EU countries, we’ve been able to find out, and not only are the public concerned about Big Tech, an overwhelming majority - 80% - want bold action. See more poll results here.

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