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Emergency Powers

Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary measures, but we cannot let basic rights fall casualty to crisis. Emergency laws have introduced the most draconian powers ever in peace-time Britain

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Stop Covid Passes

Divisive. Discriminatory. Wrong. We need YOU to join the fight against Covid passes.

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Welfare Data Watch

Algorithms, artificial intelligence and vast stores of data are being used to profile and monitor swathes of the population, a number that has only increased during the pandemic.

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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

Big Brother Watch’s response to the Government’s implementation of Plan B

December 8, 2021

The Telegraph – Southern Co-op expands use of ‘Orwellian’ facial recognition technology

December 3, 2021

Co-op doubles ‘Orwellian’ facial recognition cameras in supermarkets

December 2, 2021

The Telegraph – Latest round of Government diktat is exactly how politicians intoxicated with power want it to be

November 30, 2021

BBC – Twitter to censor ‘Media of Private Individuals’ without their permission

November 30, 2021

Independent – Amendments to the Government’s Policing Bill make ‘locking on’ a crime

November 29, 2021

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