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Prosecuted for Protesting

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Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used to prosecute activists, protesters and human rights defenders.](/long-read/5460/prosecuted-protesting)

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Our challenge against UK's secret TCN powers

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Find the answers to all the questions you have regarding the UK's secret Technical Capability Notice (TCN) powers, Apple, and our fight against them.](/long-read/5547/our-challenge-against-uks-secret-tcn-powers)

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Apple and the long secret arm of the UK Government

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Apple disable their 'advanced data protection' service for UK customers following a secret UK Government order demanding access to global user data.](/news-analysis/5530/apple-and-long-secret-arm-uk-government)Ā 

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Prosecuted for Protesting

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Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used to prosecute activists, protesters and human rights defenders.](/long-read/5460/prosecuted-protesting)

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Our challenge against UK's secret TCN powers

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Find the answers to all the questions you have regarding the UK's secret Technical Capability Notice (TCN) powers, Apple, and our fight against them.](/long-read/5547/our-challenge-against-uks-secret-tcn-powers)

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Apple and the long secret arm of the UK Government

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Apple disable their 'advanced data protection' service for UK customers following a secret UK Government order demanding access to global user data.](/news-analysis/5530/apple-and-long-secret-arm-uk-government)Ā 

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Prosecuted for Protesting

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Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used to prosecute activists, protesters and human rights defenders.](/long-read/5460/prosecuted-protesting)

Free to be human

Free to be anonymous

Free from profiling

Free to protest

Free to express yourself

Free to speak

Free to remain silent

Free to organise

Free to challenge authority

Free to demonstrate

Free to blow the whistle

Free to question the rules

Free to define my own identity

Free to be me

Free to question authority

Free to ask for information

Free to debate ideas

Free to be unorthodox

Free to be orthodox

Free to be different

Free to go off grid

Free to switch off

Free to be left alone

Free to be let alone

Free to cross borders without humiliation

Free to use what they call the ā€˜dark web’

Free to not give my name

Free to hide my face

Free to be noncomforming

Free to use an adblocker

Free to delete my account

Free to demand information

Free to demand answers

Free to be more than a number

Free to define my identity

Free to define my own identities

Free to change my identity

Free to resist

Free to code

Free to vote

Free to keep my thoughts secret

Free to choose what to do with my body

Free to keep things to myself

Free to dissent

Free from state interference

Free to be human

Free to choose

Free to learn about my options

Free to be human

Free from monopolies

Free from data exploitation for the profit of others

Free to share with who I want

Free to be human

Free to make mistakes

Free to be emotional

Free to be human

Free from state surveillance

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For a world where technology will **empower and enable us**, not exploit our data for profit and power.

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Featured Content

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Explainer

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[PI’s opinion: How the UK Government is making security harder for everyone](/explainer/5531/pis-opinion-how-uk-government-making-security-harder-everyone)

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PI believes that the UK Government’s secret power to undermine security everywhere is ridiculous, and disturbing.

Imagine this: a power that secretly orders someone anywhere in the world to abide and the receiver can’t tell anyone, can’t even publicly say if they disagree, and can’t really question the power in open court because the secret order is, well, secret. Oh and that power affects billions of people’s

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Advocacy

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[Time to deliver answers: An open letter to Just Eat Takeaway, Uber and Deliveroo](/advocacy/5509/time-deliver-answers-open-letter-just-eat-takeaway-uber-and-deliveroo)

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12 organisations across the EU and the UK are calling on food delivery platforms to respect their workforce, and improve the transparency and explainability around the algorithms they use.Ā 

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[CrowdStrike: What the 2024 outage reveals about security](/long-read/5507/crowdstrike-what-2024-outage-reveals-about-security)

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The CrowdStrike incident earlier this year had major implications for governments and businesses across the world. Here, we look at what it tells us about the security and robustness of the modern internet.Ā 

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[Privacy and autonomy: Redefining boundaries for Indigenous communities](/long-read/5506/privacy-and-autonomy-redefining-boundaries-indigenous-communities)

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The concept of privacy is essential for Indigenous peoples to exercise their right to autonomy and self-determination, enabling them to better protect their cultural heritage and prevent external control, exploitation, and surveillance of their lands and identities.

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[Travellers’ surveillance: The role of the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme](/long-read/5480/travellers-surveillance-role-un-countering-terrorist-travel-programme)

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In this briefing, we identify the most significant concerns on the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CTTP), and put forward a range of recommendations to mitigate some of the human rights risks associated with the surveillance of travellers.

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News & Analysis

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[UK government announces tender for live facial recognition technology](/news-analysis/5477/uk-government-announces-tender-live-facial-recognition-technology)

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The UK government publishes procurement for live facial recognition technology to be used by police forces across the UK.Ā 

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Featured Campaigns

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[The End of Privacy in Public](/campaigns/end-privacy-public)

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We’re facing the end of privacy in public, because of the unchecked rise of facial recognition

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