This transcript captures Carole Cadwalladr's urgent warning about the profound threat technology poses to democracy, framing it as a "digital coup." Drawing from her personal experience of a costly legal battle stemming from a previous TED Talk, she highlights how powerful entities use law and online abuse to silence critical voices. Cadwalladr argues that Silicon Valley's data-driven business model and its alignment with autocratic regimes are dismantling the international order, urging the audience to recognize this crisis and fight back by reclaiming privacy and demanding data rights, just as a supportive public rallied behind her. Her speech serves as a passionate call to action, urging collective digital disobedience and a recognition that the fight for democracy is now intrinsically linked to the battle over technology and information.