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foxglove. org. uk > 04/22/2026 > government-precedent-environmental-protections-data-centres-legally-binding

Government concedes Woodlands data centre case! Environmental protectionspromised by new data centres must now be legally binding

14+ hour, 6+ min ago  (354+ words) The developer of a planned "hyperscale" data centre has'accepted that it must be subject to binding environmental conditions, following legal action by tech justice non-profit Foxglove'and'environment charity Global Action Plan,'three'months after the UK Government conceded the case.' Developer Greystoke…...

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foxglove. org. uk > 02/02/2026 > press-release-uk-tiktok-hit-with-second-union-busting-lawsuit-in-two-months

Press release: UK'Tik Tok hit'with second'union-busting'lawsuit'in two months'

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (600+ words) Tagged with: content moderators, Tik Tok, trade union, UK Known as Content Quality Analysts(CQA), the main job of thefour workersbringing today's case wasto review the work of Tik Tok's content moderators who had been outsourced overseas, assess their performance…...

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foxglove. org. uk > 01/22/2026 > uk-government-admits-serious-error-data-centre

Press release: UK Government admits "serious error" in'forcing through hyperscale'data centre without environmental protections'

3+ mon, 20+ hour ago  (507+ words) The UK government has admitted its decision'to force through the construction of a major new hyperscale data centre in England'contained'a "serious logical error" and should be "quashed"." The climbdown from government came in a legal letter sent this week to…...