Countering digital threats to society

Reset Tech is a public policy organisation advocating for technology that protects children, consumers, and public safety. We combine research, policy analysis, advocacy, and funding to ensure that the technologies we use every day are safe and secure for everyone.

The internet — our public information ecosystem — is among the greatest achievements of humanity. And yet it is fragile. It is easily exploited and weaponized. It is clear that the Big Tech companies that increasingly control this information and our attention are not acting in the public interest: they put profit before safety and are not accountable for the harm their products are causing.

Our aim is to ensure that Big Tech companies deliver value to people and communities rather than extracting it from them, prioritise child safety and consumer protection over profit, build products that are safe and secure by design, stop enabling criminal scam enterprises and threats to national security, and cease monopolistic, anti-competitive practices.

We work across the UK, Europe, Canada, and the United States. We were created in 2019 with support from the Sandler Foundation and Luminate, and our work is funded by a broad range of foundations and philanthropies from across Europe and North America. We are governed by a Board of Directors that oversees our global operations.