Big Brother Watch

Description

Big Brother Watch is a UK civil liberties campaign group fighting for a free future. The group works to reclaim privacy and defend freedoms at a time of enormous technological change. It describes itself as a fiercely independent, diverse, non-partisan and non-profit group of campaigners and researchers, working to roll back the surveillance state and protect rights in parliament, the media, and, where necessary, the courts. It publishes original investigations and pursues public campaigns to bring about real change, working to inform and empower the public to collectively reclaim privacy, defend civil liberties, and protect freedoms for the future.

Currently active

Yes

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2009

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Additional Partnerships

Truth Legal (pro bono legal support); Amnesty International; Fair Trials