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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 issues legal claim against Welsh Ministers over “unevidenced” Covid Pass scheme

January 19, 2022

Big Brother Watch responds to new government anti-encryption campaign

January 18, 2022

IPVM – Co-op supermarkets using facial recognition and chinese state-funded technology

January 17, 2022

The Independent – Could the Policing Bill suppress eco protesters?

January 16, 2022

HR World – IKEA’s no vaccine, no sick pay policy could prove to be divisive

January 12, 2022

The Independent – A third of of Covid prosecutions were unlawful, official review finds

December 30, 2021

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