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Huawei infiltration in Uganda

Unwanted Witness, our partner organisation based in Uganda, explore critical questions Huawei's surveillance dealings with the Ugandan government raise. While Huawei's relationship with the government raises concerns for human rights, many of these concerns remain unaddressed.

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What do Led Zeppelin, Cisco and Dr Oetker have in common? Facebook says they share our data with them

A PI investigation into advertisers we had never heard of who upload our personal data on Facebook to target us.

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Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19

Tech companies, governments, and international agencies have all announced measures to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Unprecedented levels of surveillance, data exploitation, and misinformation are being tested across the world.

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Protecting Civic Spaces

Civic spaces where we are free to develop, protest and preserve our intergrity and autonomy are increasingly under threat as new surveillance technologies are radically transforming the ability of authorities to monitor them.

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Universal credit ruling: a victory for welfare in Britain

A recent ruling by the British Court of Appeal sided with welfare claimants after a flaw in the income calculating system was revealed. 

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Public opinion about data-driven election campaigning in the UK

Immediately after the UK general election in December 2019, we worked with ORG to poll people about ‘data-driven political campaigning’. We found that most people oppose the use of targeted ads during elections, and oppose election spending when the source of funding is unknown.

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Fighting the Global Covid-19 Power-Grab

In the rush to respond to Covid-19 and its aftermath, government and companies are exploiting data
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