What started as one person’s fight to be heard has grown into a global movement.
People Over Platforms Worldwide was born from the real pain and injustice of being silenced online — without warning, without cause, and without support.
After facing the devastating loss of a Facebook account during a time of personal upheaval, I realized this wasn’t an isolated incident. Thousands across the world were experiencing the same digital erasure — some losing their businesses, others losing access to loved ones, and all of us losing our voices.
With no way to reach a real human at Meta, we took action. What began as a petition has become an international effort to:
- Restore wrongfully banned accounts
- Raise awareness
- Demand human support systems
- And protect users’ digital rights
We believe that no one should be deplatformed without a path to appeal, no community should be erased without reason, and no corporation should be above accountability.
This is more than tech — it’s people’s lives.
And we’re not backing down!
About Me
💙Brittany Watson
Founder, People Over Platforms Worldwide
Petition Organizer, Meta Wrongfully Disabling Accounts
I’m a 32-year-old woman from Ontario, Canada. And I started this in one of the rawest, most vulnerable moments of my life.
Losing my account happened right when I was finally finding the strength to leave a 7-year trauma-bonded relationship with someone who constantly silenced me. That loss — on top of everything — hit like a second erasure. And just as I was trying to move forward, someone else I cared about deeply drifted away too… and I blamed myself for it.
There was no outlet to process it.
No community to hold me.
No way to reach out and be heard.
Just silence — from the people who mattered, and from the platform I trusted.
It felt like I was nobody.
Like I didn’t exist anywhere.
And then, Facebook made it all disappear — like I never existed.
My own messages — my apology, my truth, my growth — were erased like they were never sent.
Gone from my data.
Gone from my archive.
Gone like I was nothing.
Because when Meta disables your account, they don’t just take away access.
They take your story.
They take your evidence.
They take your voice — without warning, without explanation, and without a single way to get it back.
And that feeling?
That’s what Meta is doing to thousands of us — every single day.
They’re silencing people.
Erasing our words.
Wiping out accounts with years of photos, videos, memories, and messages — sometimes right in the middle of trauma, grief, or recovery.
Victims of abuse try to go back and gather proof.
Survivors look for the texts that explain the chaos.
And it’s all just… gone.
No download.
No warning.
No trace.
Many are blocked by a system that erased the evidence of their story — their existence.
This is personal.
And I will never stop fighting for the people who were silenced.
And somehow, that’s what lit the fire.
I didn’t want anyone else to feel that way ever again.
🧩 I used to say I was doing this without a full team — just me — but the truth is, I’ve been surrounded by support this whole time. From the entire Change.org team, to all the new friends I’ve made through Reddit, the broader community, the journalists, advocates, and every single person who has reached out — you’ve helped carry this. 💙
To everyone who’s sent a screenshot, shared a post, messaged just to say “I see you” —
thank you.
You’re keeping this alive 🕯️🙏
I know this website took longer than expected 🐢, and I’m still learning as I go.
But I’m here. I’m doing my best.
And no matter how heavy this gets — I’m not stopping.
This fight is personal.
It always has been.