We ended 2023 with a shocking revelation from our upcoming report into #Prevent.
Data of people referred to Prevent is being shared more widely than previously known, including with airports, ports and immigration services.
“For too long the authorities have been able to cite national security as a reason for undermining the #dataprotection rights of people who have not even been accused of a crime."
ORG, @ConnectedByData and the TUC sent an open letter with over 100 signatories to Rishi Sunak ahead of the #AISummit.
We warned that the “communities and workers most affected by #AI have been marginalised".
"Government bodies and institutions in the UK are already deploying AI and automated decision-making in ways that are exposing citizens to error and bias on a massive scale.”
We published our report into the Information Commissioner's Office's failure to protect #privacy and #datarights during the pandemic.
The ICO repeatedly failed to act over breaches of #dataprotection law by the UK government.
"We are still feeling the implications of this negligent data governance with the continued sharing of public health data with companies such as #Palantir."
Over 80 civil society groups and experts joined us to oppose the spy clause that breaks #e2ee.
"These measures will embolden hostile and abusive regimes who will be only too pleased to use the UK as an excuse to monitor the private messages of their citizens."
In July, we published a legal opinion finding “real and significant issues” on the lawfulness of a prior restraint #censorship clause in the #OnlineSafetyAct.
It warned of “a sea change" for #freedomofexpression in the UK, as platforms must screen content and users from seeing anything deemed illegal.
The opinion found there is “likely to be significant interference with freedom of expression that is unforeseeable”.
In March, we sent our open letter signed by 14 civil society groups to the Mayor and Chief Constable of Greater Manchester. We called for an end to racialised #surveillance and justice for the #Manchester10.
“Police are mining the social media accounts of young people to identify them as gang members. This creation of ‘gang narratives’ based on musical expression disproportionately impacts Black men.”
This year ORG and @the3million took the UK government to court TWICE to protect migrants' right to access their data.
We WON both times.
The Court of Appeal just this month confirmed that the Immigration Exception is UNLAWFUL.
"This victory shows how important strong #dataprotection legislation is in helping us stand up to a government that is intent on undermining #humanrights.”
ORG’s investigation into the Prevent duty has uncovered shocking widespread data sharing due to finding a poorly redacted FOI, as revealed in The Observer today.