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Big Brother Watch

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Stop Bank Spying

Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. We must resist these new powers.

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Stop Facial Recognition

Police and private companies are quietly rolling out facial recognition cameras, We must stop this dangerous surveillance now.

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“We work to roll back the surveillance state and protect the rights of everyone in the UK to be free from unfair intrusion.”
Silkie Carlo, Director of Big Brother Watch

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Media

The Guardian – £20,000,000 tender for UK-wide facial recognition technology has been uncovered

November 28, 2024

City AM – Allison Pearson: The bar for criminality is rightly higher than ignorant tweets

November 25, 2024

BBC – Police used facial recognition during the summer riots

November 23, 2024

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The Times – UK data watchdog slammed by campaigners for taking a “conciliatory” position on Big Tech surveillance

November 18, 2024

UK gym scraps facial recognition following our pressure

November 18, 2024

The Mirror – MPs debate police use of facial recognition for the first time

November 14, 2024

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