Thomas
Germain
I'm a technology journalist at the BBC. I cover the hidden underbelly of the digital world — how tech companies manipulate you (and each other) in their fight to dominate the internet.

I’ve spent nearly a decade exposing how AI, surveillance systems, and online power struggles distort our lives. My work on health privacy sparked a FTC lawsuit that transformed federal law, to protect Americans' online medical data for the very first time. After my investigation into Facebook's privacy problems, Meta deleted facial recognition data for over a billion people.

I regularly appear on outlets including CNN, NPR, the Today Show, and CBS Mornings. I'm also a leading voice for tech news on TikTok, despite the algorithms' best efforts.

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