Podcasts about Big Brother Watch

Claire Fox sits down with Jasleen Chaggar of Big Brother Watch and author Timandra Harkness to talk about the latest attack on our privacy. The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill does not sound like the kind of legislation that will set your pulse racing. But one part of it in particular should be more widely known and the cause of great concern: the new eligibility verification powers for welfare recipients. Essentially, if the Bill passes, the government will be able to demand that banks trawl through the accounts of anyone receiving welfare benefits and use algorithms to flag up any possible fraud or erroneous payments. The government already has the power to see bank statements from those who are suspected of welfare fraud, but these new powers go much further, automating these checks on any account receiving welfare payments AND any linked accounts, too. This is guilty-until-proven-innocent stuff. The civil liberties implications are very serious.

One of the most complex, and divisive, issues in modern politics is making a return under this government; ID cards. Advocates describe it as a potential way to improve public services, tackle illegal migration and modernise the state, but it remains intensely controversial, due to significant concerns over privacy, data security and equality. To discuss those issues host Alain Tolhurst is joined by Jake Richards, Labour MP for Rother Valley, Kirsty Innes, director of technology at the think tank Labour Together, Rebecca Vincent, interim director at the campaign group Big Brother Watch, and James Baker, campaigns manager at the Open Rights Group. To sign up for our newsletters click herePresented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot

Silkie Carlo, director, Big Brother Watch Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Silkie Carlo" [0:03:38] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:14] Highly Effective People - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144808

Silkie Carlo is the Director of Big Brother Watch, where she leads efforts to defend civil liberties and protect privacy rights against state surveillance. She is at the forefront of challenging the UK's invasive surveillance laws and advocating for the protection of free speech and personal freedoms.  In this episode, we dive into the growing government panopticon, the implications of mass surveillance on privacy and democracy, and the battles being fought to protect individual rights in a digital age. We explore the expansion of state power, the impact of technologies like facial recognition, and the threats posed by new laws, as Silkie provides an eye-opening account of the fight against a surveillance state determined to monitor and control.  

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7 am, 7 days a week...With over 16 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and the Sunday 7 won a Gold Award as “Best Conversation Starter” in the International Signal Podcast Awards We've also just been nominated for an Independent Podcast award in the Science and Technology category.If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...Today's episode includes the following guests:Guests David Lochridge - Former Oceangate Technical DirectorTony Nissen - Former Lead Engineer at Oceangate Bonnie Carl - Former Finance Director at OceangateWill Guyatt - The Smart 7's Tech Guru Professor Noor Il Owase Jeelani - Great Ormond Street Hospital Julie WIlliams - CEO of Butterfly Conservation Richard Lamb - Butterfly Conservation and The Stratford Butterfly Farm Henry Dimbleby - Cofounder of Leon and the author of the UK's National Food StrategyLeif Asp - Lead researcher at Chalmers University of Technology in SwedenGustav Hasselskog - CEO and Founder of Candela Silkie Carlo - Director of Uk Civil Liberties group “Big Brother Watch”.Narongwit Chodchoi - Director of the Khao Kheow Open Zoo, in Chonburi, ThailandContact us over at X or visit www.thesmart7.comPresented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Brother Watch's Mark Johnson is this week's guest on Last Orders, with Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater. They discuss the crackdown on free speech after the riots, the creepy rise of facial-recognition technology, why booze and nicotine can be good for you, and the return of monkeypox.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we'll try to answer them in the next episode. You can get tickets to Simon Evans's Alas, Smith and Hume! here and Footnotes to Smith here.  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked's newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Could Keir Starmer exploit the summer riots to curtail civil liberties? From the return of the Counter Disinformation Unit to the start of live facial recognition, Big Brother Watch's Silkie Carlo joins UnHerd to discuss the UK crackdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's show, Jeffrey Peel will discuss the Big Brother Watch report into Digital Identity, as well as Elon Musk's new search engine. Later, Graham Atkinson will discuss his latest viral video from a podcast interview with Dr. Ahmad Malik, in which he apologizes for any harm his work running a vaccine clinic may have done. This discussion is particularly pertinent in light of the response to the new TV drama 'Breathtaking' and how people are eager for NHS staff to speak out. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Jeffrey Peel is a Tech Marketer and also writer/editor of The New Era which covers articles on free-thinking and democracy. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Graham Atkinson is an NHS practice manager and clinical pharmacist.

Tory MP Marcus Fysh, who chairs the APPG on central bank digital currencies, and Silkie Carlo, director of the campaign group Big Brother Watch, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Tom Scotson to look at how access to cash and a new type of money have fuelled privacy concerns and fed into the wider culture wars.

Winston speaks to Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, about the Online Safety Bill, the Digital Services Act and whether Britain will be the next surveillance state.

Winston speaks to Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, about the Online Safety Bill, the Digital Services Act and whether Britain will be the next surveillance state.

Never before in human history has questioning our own perceptions been more necessary. We need to question everything to know anything for certain. In this episode...A shadowy Army unit secretly spied on British citizens who criticised the Government's Covid lockdown policies, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. from documents obtained by the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, and shared exclusively with this newspaper.Fury at 'out-of-touch' London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the ULEZ (Ultra Low Emissions Zone) scheme. The 15-minute cities are coming to a city near you...CNN Medical Analyst, Leana Wen, says wearing a mask to protect from 'Covid' stunted her toddler's language developmentAnd more...

Big Brother Watch's Silkie Carlo joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the government's war on lockdown sceptics, Nicola Sturgeon's nanny-state legacy, and the madness of the WHO. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked's newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked's shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we'll try to answer them in the next episode.

Silkie Carlo is  the director of Big Brother Watch, a non-party British civil liberties and privacy campaigning organisation. Watch our first interview with Silkie here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUZHmPrbex4 For more information on the campaign go to: www.minitruth.co.uk Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ | Channel ID: UCo_8zzSxKeL3arKWVuP8wdQ Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry:  Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro  02:13 The Secret Government Units Spying on Us 04:22 What's Wrong with the Government Monitoring Certain Platforms? 06:02 How Long has the Prevention of Disinformation Been Going on? 12:22 The Call to Fight Against the Attack on Free Speech 20:56 Are Social Media Companies between a Rock & a Hard Place? 22:44 Are Private Interactions Being Monitored? 33:18 How to Wake People Up 38:23 Sponsor Message: Easy DNS  39:27 How to Defend Against Restrictions on Truth 41:26 The Right to Protest 46:35 Consequences of Dysfunctional Police 48:53 What's the One Thing We're Not Talking About?

This week James and Toby discuss how different the last three years would have been if James, and not Chris Whitty, had been the Chief Medical Officer and the fact that during the pandemic it seems Toby was spied upon by the 77th Brigade, a unit of the British Army, as revealed in a new report from Big Brother Watch. In other news we cover the tax affairs of the now ex-Chairman of the Conservative... Source

This week James and Toby discuss how different the last three years would have been if James, and not Chris Whitty, had been the Chief Medical Officer and the fact that during the pandemic it seems Toby was spied upon by the 77th Brigade, a unit of the British Army, as revealed in a new report from Big Brother Watch. In other news we cover the tax affairs of the now ex-Chairman of the Conservative Party Nadhim Zahawi (MP for Stratford-on-Avon) and the iniquity of the forthcoming teachers' strike. In Culture Corner, James gives a thumbs up to Season 4 of Fauda (Netflix), Kleo (Netflix), Sharpe's Siege and The Way We Live Now. This week's opening sound is MP Michael Gove commenting on the sacking of Zahawi courtesy of Channel 4 News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers speaks to journalist Peter Hitchens about a disturbing new Big Brother Watch report into UK government spying and censorship.Read the Post here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roger Grimes is an industry expert and the Data Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4. In this episode, Roger and host Hillarie McClure discuss how the UK privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has made a complaint against face recognition search engine PimEyes, some of the ongoing problems with biometric authentication, and more. KnowBe4 is the world's first and largest New-school security awareness training and simulated phishing provider that helps you manage the ongoing problem of social engineering. To learn more about our sponsor, KnowBe4, visit https://knowbe4.com

Proof of having enough cash is not the only new requirement, with Spain saying British entrants may have to provide a range of documents when entering the country under new rules introduced because of Brexit. I Striking rail workers were yesterday accused of demanding pay rises ‘at the point of a gun' amid claims that some drivers already earn over £100,000 a year.Ahead of yet more stoppages this week, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps angrily insisted that drivers and other rail workers already had ‘generous salaries … paid for by the public'.But union leaders were prepared to ‘punish commuters' and stoke inflation by demanding even more, he added. A writer and coach has revealed how she faced a backlash over a viral letter in which she said: 'I'm not oppressed because I'm black'.Africa Brooke, 29, who lives in London, spoke to the Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett about her views on race, and what it really means to be oppressed for his popular podcast. The Southern Co-Op chain is facing a legal challenge to its 'Orwellian' and 'unlawful' use of facial recognition cameras.Privacy rights group Big Brother Watch claimed supermarket staff could add people to a secret 'blacklist' without them knowing. Stonewall has been criticised for claiming that children as young as two can recognise if they are transgender and that nurseries should teach that idea.The row was triggered when the LGBT charit y shared an article on social media headlined ‘My 4-year-old is gender nonconforming – but her nursery doesn't respect that.

On this episode of Dewbs & Co. Daniel Moylan - Former Adviser to Boris Johnson, Silkie Carlo - Director of Big Brother Watch & Emma Burnell - Journalist and Political Consultant join Michelle to look at all the today's big stories.Should Boris Johnson have missed the 'Levelling Up' conference for a meeting in Kiev with President Zelensky? Sir Keir Starmer - what does he actually stand for?And should we still be prosecuting people for covid related offences?All that and more on today's episode of Dewbs & Co. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Florence Read meets Silkie Carlo.There are six million security cameras in use in the UK, one for every 11 people, and the majority are Chinese surveillance systems. London, where UnHerd has its offices, is the most surveilled city outside of China, and has more cameras per person than Beijing. So it has to be asked, are we being watched?That is one claim made by a new report from Big Brother Watch on surveillance cameras made by Chinese companies. Silkie Carlo, one of the editors of the report, and the director of Big Brother Watch, joined Florence Read to investigate.Read the post article See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Silkie Carlo, director of British civil liberties NGO Big Brother Watch joins to chat about the huge rise of facial recognition tech and what it means for our privacy and human rights. From biometric passports and unlocking our phones, to police real-time face recognition cameras and even face ID in supermarkets - she's talking about what we need to know about how the tech works, who's using it and what we should worry about.**Please subscribe, rate and review if you enjoy the podcast**Find Silkie on Twitter and Big Brother Watch on Twitter and YouTube tooFor more about Tanya Goodin visit https://www.tanyagoodin.com and Time To Log Off https://www.itstimetologoff.com Get Tanya's new Book: 'My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open'It's Complicated is on Instagram Find out about the digital detox and digital wellbeing course from The Time To Log Off AcademyIt's Complicated is produced by Time To Log OffTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/timetologoff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timetologoff and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetologoffnow See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Daily Mail highlights "Joe's Missing Millions" -- $5.2 million in mystery income to President Biden, including some he used to pay Chinese legal bills for son Hunter. That's one of the bottom stories on the latest episode of Steve Green's Lightning Round. Other topics include... -- Silkie Carlo at Big Brother Watch says Google wants to prompt you to make sure your write like a Progressive. Do you need writing assistance from a Lefty Clippy? -- CNN breaks news that Vice President Kamala Harris has COVID-19, then notes "she is not a close contact of President Biden." -- Tanking Biden agenda makes Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin one of the most popular Senators in the country. -- The New York Times and FX network team up for a documentary on Tesla deaths. Is this part of the Left rising up to crush Elon Musk as he takes the helm at Twitter promising freer speech? Our Members fund this, and dozens of other programs, each month. Join them when you click the big green button at https://BillWhittle.com

British Army officer and physiotherapist Preet Chandi has made history as the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition in Antarctica. 'Polar Preet' trekked 700 miles in 40 days, facing temperatures of -50C, poor visibility and fatigue along the way. She used skis, and dragged a 90kg pulk (a sled) for between 10-12 hours a day. Preet catches up with us from the Union Glacier camp in Antarctica. 'Collector culture' - the swapping, collating and posting of nude images of women without their consent - is on the rise. But unlike revenge porn, it is not a crime. Now survivors are demanding a change in the law. To understand why Anita is joined by Professor of Law at Durham University, Clare McGlynn and Zara Ward, senior practitioner at the Revenge Porn Helpline. Cecil Sharp is known as the godfather of English folk music. In a bid to preserve the English folk song at the turn of the twentieth century, when many in the musical world didn't believe England had a musical tradition of its own, he collected and memorialised thousands of traditional English folk songs from rural communities in England. However, less is known about the people he collected these songs from. FOLK is a new play at Hampstead Theatre in London written by Nell Leyshon, the British dramatist and novelist born in Glastonbury, Somerset. She tells us the true story of Louie Hooper and Lucy White, two half-sisters from Somerset who Cecil Sharp collected hundreds of songs from. A UK tech company is pitching to provide security for women out alone at night who fear for their safety. Drone Defence is hoping to secure government funding to deliver AI drones fitted with spotlights and a thermal camera which would be summoned on an app by an individual who are concerned a predator may be near by. Could this be a solution to a recent survey which showed one in five women fear going out at night alone or does it present a serious privacy risk without tackling the underlying issue of violence against women? We talk to Richard Gill the founder of Drone Defence and to Silkie Carlo the Director of Big Brother Watch. Born in Bristol and raised in Lagos, Nikki May is Nigerian-British. At 20, she dropped out of medical school, moved to London, and began a successful career in advertising. Now aged 56, her debut novel Wahala has just been released and is already being made into a six part drama series for the BBC. It is the story of three thirty-something friends living in London - Ronke, Simi and Boo. Their bond is tested and their lives start to unravel when glamorous high flying Isabel explodes into their friendship group. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Preet Chandi Interviewed Guest: Professor Clare McGlynn Interviewed Guest: Zara Ward Interviewed Guest: Nell Leyshon Interviewed Guest: Richard Gill Interviewed Guest: Silkie Carlo Interviewed Guest: Nikki May

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Our guest on this week's #SWYSI is Alex Deane, a writer, consultant and political commentator who appears regularly on national and international news media. A former Conservative Party aide, Alex is a founding director of Big Brother Watch and a committee member of The Freedom Association. He joins Peter Whittle on the "So What You're Saying Is..." sofa to discuss his new book "Lessons from History: Hidden Heroes & Villains from the Past and what We Can Learn from Them". Alex's book is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lessons-Hist... REVIEW: “It's never too late to establish the reputation of a hero. This remarkable book reminds us of the giants who never stepped from the shadows and the events which soundlessly shaped history. These are the people and places we forgot to remember, until Alex Deane revivified them. With a light touch, we are introduced to the quiet men, the natural leaders, the reluctant and accidental heroes whose song is now, finally, being sung.” Colin Brazier, journalist and presenter, GB News --------------- SUBSCRIBE: If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube (click the Subscribe Button underneath the video and then Click on the Bell icon next to it to make sure you Receive All Notifications) AUDIO: If you prefer Audio you can subscribe on itunes or Soundcloud. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... SUPPORT/DONATE: "So What You're Saying Is.." is still very new and to continue to produce quality programming we need your support. Your donations will help ensure the show not only continues but can grow into a major online platform challenging the cultural orthodoxies dominant in our institutions, public life and media. PAYPAL/ CARD PAYMENTS - ONE TIME & MONTHLY: You can donate in a variety of ways via our website: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/#do... It is set up to accept one time and monthly donations. ABOUT THE SHOW: So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture / society at large. JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

To kick off the show, Mark Littlewood, Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs joins Mike to discuss the announcement of vaccine passports for large events and nightclubs. Ben Habib returns to talk to Mike about the new plans to tackle Britain's growing migrant issue. Madeline Stone, Legal and Policy Officer of Big Brother Watch joins Mike to continue the discussion around vaccine passports. Finally, sibling duo Right Said Fred Mike on the show to talk about freedom day and vaccine passports. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Silkie Carlo is a lifelong campaigner for the protection of civil liberties and is the director of Big Brother Watch, a leading civil liberties and privacy NGO.Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here:https://www.PayPal.me/triggerpodhttps://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometryhttps://www.patreon.com/triggerpodBitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5Buy Merch Here:https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/Advertise on TRIGGERnometry:marketing@triggerpod.co.ukJoin the Mailing List:https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpodhttps://www.facebook.com/triggerpodhttps://www.instagram.com/triggerpodAbout TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

One of the first ideas we had when launching #arsboni was to dedicate it to first-hand reports of our international team members on the situation in their home countries. One of the first episodes of this podcast was dealing with the then still new situation in the UK. Check out the first episode on Covid19 in UK a year ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pAF27E11HE Today, a year later, we look again into UK: Our team member Emily Johnson will give us an update on the legal and educational implications of Covid-19 in the UK in spring 2021. Links: Guidance from the Government website - General Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus - Guidance on rules: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do - Guidance for higher education institutions: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-reopening-buildings-and-campuses/higher-education-reopening-buildings-and-campuses - Data on vaccinations: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations BBC Articles - Covid rules: https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-52530518 - Vaccinations: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55274833 - Right to protest: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56466291 Discussions by human rights groups - Liberty – rules and rights: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_information/coronavirus-know-your-rights/ - Liberty – suggested amendment to current Covid regulations: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/coronavirus/ - Liberty – right to protest: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_information/can-i-attend-a-protest-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown/ - Big Brother Watch – right to protest: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/2021/03/mps-call-for-protest-exemption-to-lockdown-law/ - Big Brother Watch – emergency powers: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ R (Dolan) v Secretary of State of Health and Social Care - https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dolan-v-SSHSC-judgment-011220-.pdf Law Society Gazette - https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/

Are vaccine passports the fastest way back to normality or do they bring us a step closer towards a dystopian checkpoint state?On today's LockdownTV, Freddie Sayers heard from both sides of the debate. Making the case for vaccine passports was Kirsty Innes, Head of Digital Government for the Tony Blair Institute, whose recent paper called for the implementation of what she called ‘digital health passports'. Innes argues that, by using a QR code on people's phones that shows a tick or cross indicator, passports would make it easier to “manage the risk” of the virus in certain settings (pubs, stadiums, care homes etc).This, according to Silkie Carlo, Director of Big Brother Watch, a civil liberties group, is “alarming”. She warned that this kind of discrimination between the vaccinated and unvaccinated would lead to a “segregated surveillance society” that takes a big step towards mandatory vaccines. Given that Britain has administered 25 million doses, mostly to its vulnerable population, that should be a reason to liberalise — not clamp down on — society.So is testing a possible solution? Carlo argued that the example of mass testing in schools serves as a cautionary example. Infection rates are low and there is a 0.1% false positive rate with the lateral tests being used, which means that some schoolchildren are being unfairly excluded.Innes insisted that her plan would be to integrate testing status with the health pass so that everybody can use them. In other words, if someone did not want to take a vaccine, they could get tested before going to an event or establishment to prove that they did not have the virus. This may be expensive, but Innes stressed that tests are going to be a feature of our lifetime and will only get cheaper and more accurate. Ultimately, it is a price we have to pay for lifting restrictions and getting out of lockdown.The concept that vaccine passports were a “route out of” lockdown is a false one, said Carlo. It is the “narrative of authoritarianism” in which people are presented with a choice of living under house arrest or living on tag. She argued that this “authoritarian dream where the population are treated like cattle” is driven by ideological and commercial reasons. Under the guise of biometrics, companies try to sell ‘silver-bullet solutions' that trick people into believing that more surveillance will make their lives easier, much like vaccine passports.In spite of Innes's claim that the passports would be temporary and regulated, Carlo pointed out that, if we have learnt anything from the 9/11 years, it should be to not make extreme and reactive policies that change the way that we live.Carlo also argued that vaccine passports will have a negative psychological impact on the population too: if the passports are seen as a kind of freedom pass to live safely, that, if taken away, would be a major source of anxiety for the population.“Having a tool available and putting it to use are two separate things” said Innes. Britain is a parliamentary democracy with strong liberal values and we as a society would not allow Government abuse these emergency measures. And as for daily life, Innes says that it won't feel like anything more than a contactless payment and would only be restricted to certain environments.But to Carlo's mind, the passports' seemingly innocent beginnings in certain environments would inevitably spill into other environments. In turn, this “health surveillance theatre ” would create a ratcheting effect across society.So whose side are the great British public on? Innes quoted a study showing that only 20% of the population are opposed to health passes showing that there is broad acceptance of the idea. Carlo admitted that the past year has been a “rocky road” for liberties, but she maintained her faith in the rationalism of the public.Innes conceded that, though she supports passports for children, she would propose implement them for babies. Meanwhile, Carlo says there is already an expectation for people in healthcare roles to take vaccines that does not need to be mandatory. Similarly people who are vulnerable to the virus and other diseases should be strongly expected.Whether vaccine passports leave you with an uplifting vision of the post-pandemic world or a dystopian future, we hope you enjoyed the discussion and we thank Silkie and Kirsty for their time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Wie man Staaten dazu bekommt, auch für ihr Handeln jenseits ihres Territoriums Verantwortung zu übernehmen, ist ein altes Problem des Völkerrechts – umso drängender wird es, wenn dieses Handeln Menschenrechte betrifft. In dieser Folge erklärt Isabel im Grundlagenteil die Bankovic-Rechtsprechung des EGMR. Im Interview mit Prof. Dr. Nora Markard bespricht Sophie u.a., wie sich das BND-Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts hierzu verhält. Hinweise: Bei den Fällen Rättvisa gegen Schweden und Big Brother Watch gegen das Vereinigte Königreich handelt es sich um Kammer-Entscheidungen. Beide Fälle sind nun vor der Großen Kammer des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte anhängig, wo ein Urteil noch bevorsteht. Ein weiteres relevantes Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte ist das Urteil der Großen Kammer im Fall Hirsi Jammaa u.a. gegen Italien vom 23. Februar 2012. Wir freuen uns über Lob, Anmerkungen und Kritik an podcast@voelkerrechtsblog.org. Moderation: Sophie Schuberth & Erik Tuchtfeld Grundlagenteil: Isabel Lischewski Schnitt: Philipp Eschenhagen Technische Unterstützung: Anna Sophia Tiedeke Credits: Für die historischen Originaltonaufnahmen: BBC news at bbc.co.uk/news

In this episode of The Pin Factory, the ASI's Matthew Lesh is joined by Daniel Pryor, Head of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute and Mark Johnson, Legal and Policy Officer at Big Brother Watch. They discuss the idea of vaccine passports, increasing online censorship and whether lockdowns proved to be the correct response to the pandemic in retrospective. Guests: Matthew Lesh (Head of Research, Adam Smith Institute)  Daniel Pryor (Head of Programmes, Adam Smith Institute)  Mark Johnson (Legal and Policy Officer, Big Brother Watch) (Recorded Thursday 25th February 2021) 

In this episode of the "EACCNY Brexit Musings", we will hear from Alex Deane, Senior Managing Director & Head of UK Public Affairs at FTI CONSULTING and Dr. Erica Elliott Richardson, Managing Director in the FTI CONSULTING US Public Affairs practice. Their discussion will begin with a deep dive into where negotiations have currently got to and what this means for expectations for 3rd party deals and for others. Alex and Erica will then muse on the ramifications that the US Elections have on Brexit relations and what the outcome means for both the UK and the EU. Who are the winners and losers? Which sectors will benefit the most? What does this mean for UK/US trade relations? Listen to the podcast to find out more.Alex Deane is a Senior Managing Director at FTI CONSULTING. He is Head of UK Public Affairs within the Strategic Communications practice, and is based in London.He has more than 15 years' experience in advocacy and has worked with numerous high profile individuals and companies in a senior advisory capacity. Alex joined FTI Consulting in 2014, and works with professionals from across the firm, advising clients from the Healthcare, IT and Communications, Engineering, Energy, Chemical and Financial Services sectors. Prior to joining FTI Consulting he served as Head of Public Affairs at another leading multinational agency.A Cambridge graduate, Alex practised as a barrister for several years. He served as the founding Director of Big Brother Watch and often appears in the media as a political commentator; he is a Sky News regular and a BBC Dateline London panellist.An active member of the Conservative Party since 1995, Alex served as Chief of Staff to David Cameron and Tim Collins during their respective periods as Shadow Secretaries of State for Education in opposition. In 2007, he was asked to serve as an adviser to the Liberal Party's campaign for re-election at the federal polls under John Howard.Erica Elliott Richardson is a Managing Director in the Strategic Communications segment. As a member of the Financial Services sector team, Dr. Richardson brings expertise in communications, financial services policy, US Congress and international government. She possesses nearly twenty years of experience in strategic public affairs, in both the government and private sectors.Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Dr. Richardson served as a political appointee to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), approved by the Executive Office of the President. Her government service also includes almost a decade working for the U.S. Congress, during which time she worked on the highest profile political and policy issues.In the private sector, Dr. Richardson has advised domestic and international clients on global public policy and communications in the US, UK, European Union and emerging markets.During her tenure at the CFTC, Dr. Richardson was responsible for strategic communications and brand management of the agency. She was involved in the strategic planning for all external-facing Commission matters including legal, domestic and international policy, risk surveillance, and examinations programs; educating policymakers on the importance of risk transfer markets to economic growth and employment; agency efforts related to digital assets; and the Commission's overall enforcement program and individual investigations.On Capitol Hill, Dr. Richardson served as the top spokesperson for the now-Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Dr. Richardson was an architect of The Access to Capital for Job Creators Act (H.R.2940), which became law as part of the bipartisan Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (H.R. 3606), signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 5, 2012.

A new MP3 sermon from Alpha and Omega Ministries is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Big Brother Watch, Lessons from Acts 12 Subtitle: The Dividing Line 2020 Speaker: Dr. James White Broadcaster: Alpha and Omega Ministries Event: Podcast Date: 11/12/2020 Length: 61 min.

Today is my granddaughter Janny's 5th birthday- Yay- Has nothing to do with the show but that's OK. Went through news stories on such topics as Norway criminalizing private comments that would be -offensive- about transgenderism and the like, and then closed up with a run through of Acts 12 and the myth of neutrality.

Should you change your career direction to better suit your skills, personality and passions? In Episode 30 I interview Alex Deane, Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting. Alex is the Head of UK Public Affairs at FTI Consulting, and the former Director of the campaigning organisation Big Brother Watch. He delivers political advisory services for a wide range of UK and international businesses, leading a large team of public affairs professionals as part of FTI Consulting's Strategic Communications division. He regularly appears on UK TV, most often reviewing the headlines for Sky News or on BBC Dateline London. His Broadcast experience includes BBC Breakfast, Sky News, Newsnight, ITN, Channel 4 News, Channel 5 News, CNBC, Today Programme, Jeremy Vine and now the Career Move Secrets Podcast! Alex thought he wanted to be Barrister whilst debating and University so he set his sights on a career in Law. He went through the lengthy, costly and prestigious pupillage process and was called eventually to the bar. However he realised that the role of a Barrister didn't really suit him so despite the considerable investment in this career he changed direction. Listen in to this episode to find out why and how. How sure are you about your current career direction?

Recording of a debate on Monday 5 October 2020. In the past six months, citizens have had their right to protest quashed, their free speech attacked (with restrictions on social media about alternative public-health messages) and their ability to ‘mingle’ made illegal. In any other situation, this would be unthinkable. Does living under a virus mean having to sacrifice our civil liberties? Is it right to push back on the idea that anyone who questions new restrictions is a ‘covidiot’ or even unsympathetic to the seriousness of the virus? Should we be worried about the effects of asking citizens to ‘snitch’ on each other in an already atomised and isolated public sphere? And does the government’s rush to implement ever-tighter rules on social interaction set a dangerous precedent - especially if dealing with pandemics becomes part of the ‘new normal’? SPEAKERSSilkie Carlodirector, Big Brother Watch; co-author, Information Security for Journalists Luke Gittoscriminal lawyer; director, Freedom Law Clinic; legal editor, spiked; author, Human Rights – Illusory Freedom Patrick O’Flynnpolitical commentator; SDP Brexit spokesman; MEP for the East of England 2014-2019; former political editor, Daily Express Ruth Smeethceo, Index on Censorship; former Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North & Kidsgrove; former deputy director, HOPE not hate

A recording of an Academy of Ideas Lockdown Debate on Tuesday 11 August 2020: www.academyofideas.org.uk/events/archive/can_we_cancel_cancel_culture Donate to the Academy of Ideas: www.academyofideas.org.uk/donate ‘Cancel culture’ has recently become a ubiquitous term, used widely to describe apparently new assaults on freedom of expression and belief. This seems to go beyond free-speech controversies around no-platforming and involves demands ‘to punish and also banish from the community a respectable opinion’. When Harper’s Magazine published a joint letter from 153 prominent writers, academics and entertainers - across ideologies, ethnicities, religions and sexual preferences - it expressed concern that ‘the free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted’. The letter itself has proven to be hugely controversial, and has led to a vociferous denial that cancel culture even exists. Critics claim that powerful people with large followings are complaining about censorship, when the reality is that newly empowered activists are merely holding them to account, whether it is writer JK Rowling or grime artist Wiley. Nesrine Malik, a Guardian columnist, writes that such well-known figures are not used to having their views challenged and have ‘confused a lack of reverence from people who are able to air their views for the very first time with an attack on their right to free speech’. Her fellow Guardian columnist, Zoe Williams, says the Harpers letter is a ‘coded attack on marginalised minorities for having the gall to criticise people with power and platforms’. In other words, freedom of speech can’t be freedom from consequences, and when people argue that certain views and opinions make you unfit for a certain job, that’s just more freedom of speech. But how then do we explain that often those most fearful of being cancelled themselves lack power, especially in the workplace? The Harpers letter was a response to an upsurge of sackings, resignations and public shamings over allegedly harmful words, deeds, opinions, often as a result of ‘institutional leaders, in a spirit of panicked damage control… delivering hasty and disproportionate punishments’. Examples abound of employees falling foul of overzealous HR departments for having the ‘wrong’ responses to diversity initiatives. Many ‘ordinary people’, therefore, are understandably fearful of the consequences of not signing up to a range of ‘correct’ views, especially those views associated with Black Lives Matter. Even the wisdom of debating such issues is now being questioned. Labour MP Nadia Whittome attracted controversy when she tweeted: ‘We must not fetishise “debate” as though debate is itself an innocuous, neutral act. The very act of debate in these cases is an effective rollback of assumed equality and a foot in the door for doubt and hatred.’ What is to be done and how should people respond in such a climate? Is cancel culture leading to greater self-censorship and stifling open debate? Or are we just seeing a new generation who have found their voice? Indeed, some suggest that marginalising unpleasant and offensive people – not doing business with them, not giving them a platform, not employing them in your business – is an entirely reasonable, personal decision. When do such actions become a systematic marginalisation of certain views – and what’s wrong with marginalising repulsive views anyway? Many seem eager to ‘fight fire with fire’ – calling out the double standards of their opponents in a tit-for-tat round of cancellations – but how can we expect that to lead to a greater range of opinion and debate? Perhaps we need to ask a fundamental question: what does it mean to live in a genuinely tolerant democracy?   SPEAKER(S): Nick Buckley - MBE founder and CEO, Mancunian Way charity; social commentator and activist Alex Deane - partner at a large City consultancy; regular political commentator in the media; founding director; Big Brother Watch; previously elected common councilman, City of London Corporation; author and editor, most recently of Big Brother Watch: The state of civil liberties in modern Britain Claire Fox - director, Academy of Ideas; author, I STILL Find That Offensive! Helen Pluckrose - political and cultural writer; editor, Areo Magazine; co-author (with James Lindsay), Cynical Theories: How Universities Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody (out in September) Calvin Robinson - school leader and sometime political candidate; frequent face on media outlets covering education and identity politics; currently championing the DefundTheBBC campaign.

Jenny went on the Stay in with Sian Show to discuss the Covid Emergency Powers, the failed App and the government's attempt to by-pass Parliamentary Democracy with the use of secondary legislation. 

In this episode Christian is joined by Matthew Elliott, a veteran political campaigner, having been CEO of two successful referendum campaigns - NOtoAV in 2011 and Vote Leave in 2016. He also founded the TaxPayers' Alliance, Big Brother Watch, Business for Britain and Brexit Central. He has been described by the New Statesman as "one of the most successful - and feared - campaigners in British politics". He is now a Senior Adviser to Shore Capital and a regular commentator on political and economic issues. Matthew talks about his optimism for a UK-EU Brexit deal by December and offers his thoughts on how the chancellor should respond to the economic crisis caused by Coronavirus. He warns against tax rises and anything that could deter international investment, and urges the government to support businesses and entrepreneurs as the country emerges from lockdown. Also in this episode, Christian looks at the UK's offer of citizenship to Hong Kong residents; the chances of a Brexit deal for financial services; and the ongoing debate about a shorter trading day in the markets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jetzt KenFM unterstützen: https://www.patreon.com/KenFMde Den vollständigen Tagesdosis-Text (inkl ggf. Quellenhinweisen und Links) findet ihr hier: https://kenfm.de/tagesdosis-29-2-2020-studie-fast-jeder-4-richter-am-egmr-ist-eng-mit-soros-verbunden/ Eine Studie behauptet, dass fast ein Viertel der Richter am Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR) enge Verbindungen zu NGOs von Soros haben und trotzdem über Fälle entscheiden, in die Soros-NGOs verwickelt sind. Ein Kommentar von Thomas Röper Wie immer, wenn ich über Studien berichte, schaue ich mir die Studie auch an und vor allem interessiert mich, wer sie in Auftrag gegeben und bezahlt hat. In diesem Fall kommt die Studie vom European Center for Law and Justice. Das ist eine Unterorganisation des American Center for Law and Justice, einer Organisation von evangelikaler Christen in der USA, die für konservative Werte inklusive eines Abtreibungsverbotes kämpfen. Aber diese NGO beschränkt sich nicht auf diese Themen, sie tritt auch für Menschenrechte und Meinungsfreiheit ein. Nichtsdestotrotz hat mich diese Organisation als Autor der Studie mit dem Titel "NGOs und die Richter am Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte 2009-2019" (1) misstrauisch gemacht und ich habe die Studie genau überprüft. Dazu gleich mehr. Zunächst kommen wir zum Ergebnis der Studie, dass sich im Abstract (also der Zusammenfassung) der Studie findet. Ich habe es aus dem Englischen übersetzt. Beginn der Übersetzung: NGOs haben einen zunehmenden Einfluss auf und innerhalb internationaler Institutionen, insbesondere innerhalb des Systems zum Schutz der Menschenrechte. Dieser Bericht zeigt, dass mindestens 22 der 100 ständigen Richter, die zwischen 2009 und 2019 am Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte gedient haben, ehemalige Vertreter oder Mitarbeiter von sieben NGOs sind, die vor dem Gerichtshof sehr aktiv sind. Zwölf Richter sind mit dem Netzwerk der Open Society Foundation (OSF) verbunden, sieben mit den Helsinki Committees, fünf mit der International Commission of Jurists, drei mit Amnesty International und je einer mit Human Rights Watch, Interights und dem A.I.R.E.-Centre. Das Netzwerk Open Society Foundation zeichnet sich durch die höchste Anzahl der mit ihm verbundenen Richter und die Tatsache aus, dass es die anderen sechs in diesem Bericht genannten Organisationen finanziert. Seit 2009 gab es mindestens 185 Fälle, bei denen mindestens eine dieser sieben NGOs offiziell in Verfahren involviert waren. In 88 Fällen entschieden Richter über Fälle, in die die NGO, mit der sie verbunden waren, beteiligt war. Im Fall von Big Brother Watch gegen das Vereinigte Königreich zum Beispiel, der noch vor der Großen Kammer der Gerichtshofs anhängig sind, sind 10 der 16 Antragsteller NGOs, die von der Open Society Foundation finanziert werden, sowie 6 NGOs beteiligt, die als Dritte handeln. Von den 17 Richtern, die in der Großen Kammer saßen, sind 6 mit dem Antragsteller verbunden. Im gleichen Zeitraum gab es nur 12 Fälle, in denen sich ein Richter aus einem Fall zurückzog, offenbar wegen einer Verbindung zu einer NGO, die in den Fall involviert war…weiterlesen hier:https://kenfm.de/tagesdosis-29-2-2020-studie-fast-jeder-4-richter-am-egmr-ist-eng-mit-soros-verbunden/ +++ KenFM bemüht sich um ein breites Meinungsspektrum. Meinungsartikel und Gastbeiträge müssen nicht die Sichtweise der Redaktion widerspiegeln. +++ Alle weiteren Beiträge aus der Rubrik „Tagesdosis“ findest Du auf unserer Homepage: https://kenfm.de/tagesdosis/ +++ Jetzt KenFM unterstützen: https://www.patreon.com/KenFMde Dir gefällt unser Programm? Informationen zu weiteren Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten hier: https://kenfm.de/support/kenfm-unterstuetzen/ Du kannst uns auch mit Bitcoins unterstützen. BitCoin-Adresse: 18FpEnH1Dh83GXXGpRNqSoW5TL1z1PZgZK +++ Abonniere jetzt den KenFM-Newsletter: https://kenfm.de/newsletter/ +++ KenFM ist auch als kostenlose App für Android- und iOS-Geräte verfügbar! Über unsere Homepage kommst Du zu den Stores von Apple und Google. Hier der Link: https://kenfm.de/kenfm-app/ https://www.kenfm.de https://www.twitter.com/TeamKenFM https://www.instagram.com/kenfm.de/ https://www.youtube.com/KenFM https://www.instagram.com/kenfm.de/ Bestelle Deine Bücher bei unserem Partner: https://www.buchkomplizen.de/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The monitoring of employees in the workplace is becoming commonplace. Ed Butler speaks to Sean Petterson, boss of StrongArm Technologies, a company that monitors construction and warehouse workers to reduce workplace accidents. Griff Ferris from the anti-surveillance campaign group Big Brother Watch explains why workplace monitoring could be imposed without employees' consent. Brian Kropp from the advisory firm Gartner questions the value of all the data being generated by monitoring technology. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

Campaigners says rape victims are being made to choose between privacy or justice - as police ask them to hand over their mobile phones. Forces across England and Wales want accusers to allow officers to access data including messages, photos, emails, and social media content. If they don't, cases could be dropped. Big Brother Watch is calling it a "digital strip search" that will prolong the distress for those who've been attacked.

This week we are speaking with Griff Ferris from Big Brother Watch about exactly Who Should Have The Right To Watch Over You? Big Brother Watch aims to expose and challenge threats to our privacy, our freedoms and our civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change in the UK. Their work includes research around facial recognition and biometrics, access to communications data, and digital surveillance. Their most recent campaign #FREESPEECHONLINE focuses on the risks of censorship online.Discover more on our website here.Twitter: @global_futuresInstagram: @global_futuresSubstack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are speaking with Griff Ferris from Big Brother Watch about exactly Who Should Have The Right To Watch Over You? Big Brother Watch aims to expose and challenge threats to our privacy, our freedoms and our civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change in the UK. Their work includes research around facial recognition and biometrics, access to  communications data, and digital surveillance. Their most recent campaign #FREESPEECHONLINE focuses on the risks of censorship online. Discover more on our website: https://www.soascodingclub.com/soas-radio-episode-3-big-brother-watch

It's easy for anyone, from criminals to stalkers, to dig up your personal information online. So is it even possible to disappear in our digital world?Manuela Saragosa is somewhat shocked by Tony McChrystal of data security firm ReputationDefender, when he reveals the personal details he discovered about her from a cursory search on his mobile phone shortly before she interviewed him.Silkie Carlo of pro-privacy lobby group Big Brother Watch explains why she thinks the big social media companies and online retailers need to end the implicit deal whereby they offer us free services in return for the ability to track and monetise our data. Plus Frank Ahearn explains how his job used to be trying to trace individuals who want to disappear, such as those who have skipped bail. Today he helps clients disappear online, to escape stalkers or dangerous former business associates. He says it's not that hard to throw people off your digital trail.(Picture: Computer hacker working on laptop late at night in office; Credit: FangXiaNuo/Getty Images)

As the battle for a half million dollars rages on, the jury house is plotting one final revenge: who will they crown the winner of Big Brother? Watch as hosts Bryce McLeay, Morgan Willett and Jessica Williams predict their next moves as they cover episodes 30-32. Plus, BB19’s Cameron Heard joins us on the panel. RSS Feed: http://afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/big-brother-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/feed/ ABOUT BIG BROTHER AFTER SHOW: Always expected the unexpected. When 16 random people come together for a summer and are put into a house without any communication to the outside world, people go insane! Join us for the BIG BROTHER AFTER SHOW where we discuss the constant battle taking place to $500,000. HOH, Veto ceremony and who gets evicted we’re talking about it all! Tune in right here to hear it all, and don’t forget to let us know what you think especially if you have a favorite house guest.    ABOUT BIG BROTHER: Big Brother --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Olivier Roth speaks to Big Brother Watch’s Griff Ferris about facial recognition technology, which is now a reality in the UK – despite the lack of any legal basis or parliamentary scrutiny, and despite the significant concerns raised by rights and race equality groups.

Olivier Roth speaks to Big Brother Watch’s Griff Ferris about facial recognition technology, which is now a reality in the UK – despite the lack of any legal basis or parliamentary scrutiny, and despite the significant concerns raised by rights and race equality groups.

From surveillance, privacy and biometrics to human rights, the government, and the criminal justice system, Silkie Carlo (Director of Big Brother Watch) takes us on an shocking and illuminating journey through some of the ways in which technology is shaping our public and private lives. Join in the conversation #hivepodcast, and find out more at www.nathalienahai.com/the-hive-podcast/

"It was disturbing for us to see young people targeted in this kind of way"Silkie Carlo is a Director at Big Brother Watch, an independent non-profit organisation leading the protection of privacy and civil liberties in the UK. She chats to Simon Childs, Home Affairs Editor at VICE.COM, about how scary the police's use facial recognition technology is. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Silkie Carlo from Big Brother Watch joins host Tim Cross to discuss the latest privacy issues involving Facebook. Also, ageing the rings of Saturn. And, the cost of using antibiotics on the human gut. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Silkie Carlo from Big Brother Watch joins host Tim Cross to discuss the latest privacy issues involving Facebook. Also, ageing the rings of Saturn. And, the cost of using antibiotics on the human gut. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we discuss new reports from Cisco, McAfee and the CSIS, and Big Brother Watch, and hear more about malicious Monero mining.

In this special two-part conclusion to MISSING, Tim Weaver continues his life as one of the disappeared. Four days after he walked out the front door, the tension of life off the grid is mounting. What’s life like without human contact, no technology, and the pressure of being pursued? Plus: when the adventure ends, Tim discusses his experience – including all the surveillance he never saw - with Renate Samson, Chief Executive of Big Brother Watch.

"If the Bill becomes law, the police and the intelligence agencies—MI5, MI6 and GCHQ—will be legally allowed to hack a device, system or network to watch, change, destroy or obtain data in secret without the user knowing."—BigBrotherWatch This week we welcome Daniel Nesbitt, Research Director of Big Brother Watch, the UK privacy and civil liberties campaign organisation, for a discussion on the UK government's proposals for its Investigatory Powers Bill. The government wants this Bill, popularly known as the "Snoopers' Charter", to be law by the end of 2016, but are there any reasons to be concerned about it? (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

"If the Bill becomes law, the police and the intelligence agencies—MI5, MI6 and GCHQ—will be legally allowed to hack a device, system or network to watch, change, destroy or obtain data in secret without the user knowing."—BigBrotherWatch This week we welcome Daniel Nesbitt, Research Director of Big Brother Watch, the UK privacy and civil liberties campaign organisation, for a discussion on the UK government's proposals for its Investigatory Powers Bill. The government wants this Bill, popularly known as the "Snoopers' Charter", to be law by the end of 2016, but are there any reasons to be concerned about it? (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

The UK has one CCTV camera for every 14 people – and that’s just the beginning. Fingerprinting and facial recognition technologies are now found on everyday items, including our phones. This week, Tim investigates how people manage to disappear in a world where we're being recorded in increasingly advanced ways, and is joined by Clive Reedman, a leading expert in biometrics, and Renate Samson, Chief Executive of Big Brother Watch. They discuss the possibilities – and repercussions – of trying to hide in a world where cameras know your face.

In a world of credit cards, online banking, mobile phones and social media, we’ve never been easier to trace and to follow. How can people disappear in a world where everything we do leaves digital footprints? Tim meets with Renate Samson, Chief Executive of Big Brother Watch, and Olivia Allison, director in KPMG’s corporate intelligence team. They describe the infinite ways in which we all leave a data trail, and who is it that can – and will – follow it.

The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, says that the government has no desire to dismantle the BBC and that some defenders of the corporation are "tilting at windmills". We hear the first official response from the BBC's Director of Strategy James Purnell.Also in Edinburgh, Channel 5's Director of Programming Ben Frow, reveals how the channel is trying to reposition itself in the market and improve its reputation.And the online music streaming service Spotify has provoked a fuss with its new terms and conditions. Critics say they're a grab too far for all sorts of personal data. We hear from Emma Carr of Big Brother Watch on how Spotify is responding to the backlash.

Facebook has apologised to drag queens, and those with transgender status, after it closed some accounts following reports they were fake because they weren't using their legal names. However, a coalition met with Facebook at its headquarters in San Francisco, and they can now use their pseudonyms. Steve Hewlett talks to Lil Miss Hot Mess, who organised a rally in San Francisco against the policy, and to Misty Chance a drag queen in Manchester, who changed his name legally, rather than having his online profile removed. Also joining Steve is Emma Carr from Big Brother Watch, and tech journalist Rupert Goodwins about some of the wider issues the story has uncovered.Another story this week which has raised questions about our online identity is that of Brenda Leyland, who was found dead after being challenged by Sky News over accusations of 'trolling' the McCanns. Steve is joined by Emily Bell, Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University in the US, to discuss whether anonymity should be allowed on social websites, or are the benefits of remaining anonymous outweighed by the costs?And a parliamentary committee is to ask every police force in the UK how many times they have obtained the telephone and email records of journalists without their consent. Keith Vaz has called for a detailed breakdown of police use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which forces telephone companies to hand over phone records. It was recently revealed how police investigating 'Plebgate' obtained the telephone records of Tom Newton Dunn, the Political Editor of the Sun, in this way. Steve Hewlett talks to Keith Vaz, chairman of the home affairs select committee about the scope of the inquiry.Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

Gemma Cairney hosts a debate on trust, technology and young people at Free Word Centre, featuring Emma Carr from Big Brother Watch, Hannah Flynn from Childline and social media journalist Claudia Andrew. With poetry from Deanna Rodger.