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56,966 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc5814def6", "title": "Big Brother Watch comment on digital bank Revolut rolling out ‘pay by face’ technology", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-comment-on-digital-bank-revolut-rolling-out-pay-by-face-technology/", "published_at": "2026-09-24T14:58:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc58f51e80", "title": "Big Brother Watch response to Government announcing a National Centre for Information Defence", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/freespeech/big-brother-watch-response-to-government-announcing-a-national-centre-for-information-defence/", "published_at": "2026-09-23T10:08:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc5988a355", "title": "Big Brother Watch response to digital ID use in pubs and shops in England and Wales", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-response-to-digital-id-use-in-pubs-and-shops-in-england-and-wales/", 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"https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/blog/opinion-pieces/telegraph-sadiq-khan-is-joyfully-expanding-our-surveillance-state/", "published_at": "2026-08-21T14:08:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc5cebadae", "title": "STV News – Campaigners slam Scottish police watchdog’s demands for more facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/stv-news-campaigners-slam-scottish-police-watchdogs-demands-for-more-facial-recognitio/", "published_at": "2026-08-20T14:22:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc5d72fb42", "title": "BBC – Trial of live facial recognition at Tube stations commences", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/trial-of-live-facial-recognition-at-tube-stations-commences/", "published_at": "2026-08-19T10:11:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc5e47f81e", "title": "BBC – Sainsbury’s pause live facial recognition in one shop following an error", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/bbc-sainsburys-pause-live-facial-recognition-in-one-shop-following-an-error/", "published_at": "2026-08-17T13:55:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc5e8d50c1", "title": "Big Brother Watch comments on plans for permanent facial recognition cameras on Oxford Street", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-comments-on-plans-for-permanent-facial-recognition-cameras-on-oxford-street/", "published_at": "2026-08-12T14:43:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc5f4b73a6", "title": "The Guardian – Facial recognition cameras to be installed in Oxford Street", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/the-guardian-facial-recognition-cameras-to-be-installed-in-oxford-street/", "published_at": "2026-08-12T14:21:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc5febfe9b", "title": "Big Brother Watch comments on live facial recognition trial on London Underground", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-comments-on-live-facial-recognition-trail-on-london-underground/", "published_at": "2026-08-12T14:09:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc607aab1a", "title": "Conservative Home – The Conservatives forget civil liberties in their call to mandate facial recognition checks", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/blog/conservative-home-the-conservatives-forget-civil-liberties-in-their-call-to-mandate-facial-recognition-checks/", "published_at": "2026-08-05T14:04:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6160ac5b", "title": "BBC – Facial recognition used at Appleby Horse Fair", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/bbc-facial-recognition-used-at-appleby-horse-fair/", "published_at": "2026-07-22T14:16:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc62211bb4", "title": "ITV – Andy Burnham set to scrap digital ID scheme", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/itv-andy-burnham-set-to-scrap-digital-id-scheme/", "published_at": "2026-07-19T15:42:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc62e44d22", "title": "SWLondoner – Londoners increasingly sceptical of facial recognition technology", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/swlondoner-londoners-increasingly-sceptical-of-facial-recognition-technology/", "published_at": "2026-07-08T14:25:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc639b68f9", "title": "Big Brother Watch comments on Sainsbury’s plans to roll out live facial recognition in 200 shops", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-comments-on-sainsburys-plans-to-roll-out-facial-recognition-in-200-shops/", "published_at": "2026-06-30T15:14:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc646f8f82", "title": "Telegraph – Sainsbury’s to expand live facial recognition use to 200 shops", "url": 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force tech companies to restrict phones", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/the-times-government-to-force-tech-companies-to-restrict-phones/", "published_at": "2026-06-04T11:49:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6aac6cee", "title": "Daily Mail – Government spent over £650,000 Digital ID ads", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/daily-mail-government-spent-over-650000-digital-id-ads/", "published_at": "2026-05-26T15:27:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6aace278", "title": "Reuters – Facial recognition technology used at London protest for the first time", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/reuters-facial-recognition-technology-used-at-london-protest-for-the-first-time/", "published_at": "2026-05-22T15:23:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6b796106", "title": "Facial recognition was quietly deployed at a PROTEST", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/facial-recognition-was-quietly-deployed-at-a-protest/", "published_at": "2026-05-20T15:30:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6c6aff30", "title": "Big Brother Watch response to the use of live facial recognition at protests", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/big-brother-watch-response-to-the-use-of-live-facial-recognition-at-protests/", "published_at": "2026-05-14T10:17:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6c8894a8", "title": "Big Brother Watch responds to the King’s speech", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-responds-to-the-kings-speech/", "published_at": "2026-05-13T12:25:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6d79184f", "title": "Big Brother Watch responds to the Met’s live facial recognition trial in Croydon", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-responds-to-the-mets-live-facial-recognition-trial-in-croydon/", 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"https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/guardian-innocent-people-are-being-wrongly-placed-on-facial-recognition-watchlists/", "published_at": "2026-05-03T15:07:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6f802f52", "title": "Big Brother Watch responds to the Prime Minister’s statement following recent attacks on Jewish communities and calls to curb lawful protest", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-responds-to-the-prime-ministers-statement-following-recent-attacks-on-jewish-communities-and-calls-to-curb-lawful-protest/", "published_at": "2026-04-30T17:02:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6fb7747e", "title": "Facial recognition fight is NOT over", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/facial-recognition-fight-is-not-over/", "published_at": "2026-04-30T15:26:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc6fd395fa", "title": "The Spectator – A social media ban for kids puts all our privacy at risk", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/blog/the-spectator-a-social-media-ban-for-kids-puts-all-our-privacy-at-risk/", "published_at": "2026-04-27T13:59:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc7098b928", "title": "Daily Mail – AI facial recognition wrongly flags a software engineer and midwife as criminals", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/daily-mail-ai-facial-recognition-wrongly-flags-a-software-engineer-and-midwife-as-criminals/", "published_at": "2026-04-26T14:49:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc718e78f2", "title": "This facial recognition fight is FAR from over", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/this-facial-recognition-fight-is-far-from-over/", "published_at": "2026-04-23T15:30:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc71d0ca60", "title": "GB News – Man hauled to court after facial recognition mistook him for someone else", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/gb-news-man-hauled-to-court-after-facial-recognition-mistook-him-for-someone-else/", "published_at": "2026-04-22T14:39:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc72aebcb2", "title": "The Telegraph – Council plans to wire AI surveillance into 500 CCTV cameras", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/the-telegraph-council-plans-to-wire-ai-surveillance-into-500-cctv-cameras/", "published_at": "2026-04-21T13:45:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc7361a20c", "title": "Responding to today’s judgment on the Met police’s use of live facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/responding-to-live-facial-recognition-judgment/", "published_at": "2026-04-21T13:39:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc74055837", "title": "The fight against facial recognition isn’t over – support the appeal", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/blog/facial-recognition-fight-support-the-appeal/", "published_at": "2026-04-21T13:21:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc74f7eeba", "title": "Telegraph – Child safety is the smokescreen as the nanny state goes digital", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/blog/telegraph-child-safety-is-the-smokescreen-as-the-nanny-state-goes-digital/", "published_at": "2026-04-15T11:44:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc7535ee3c", "title": "Big Brother Watch response to MPs passing draconian laws restricting repeat protests", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-response-to-mps-passing-draconian-laws-restricting-repeat-protests/", "published_at": "2026-04-14T19:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc762ee208", "title": "Apple’s New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom in the UK", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/blog/apples-new-iphone-update-is-restricting-internet-freedom-in-the-uk/", "published_at": "2026-04-09T08:48:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc76bc719e", "title": "“I’m stuck with a CHILD’S phone”", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/im-stuck-with-a-childs-phone/", "published_at": "2026-04-08T15:08:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e495-60bc-7004-a7e1-cfcc77465c69", "title": "Big Brother Watch responds to Government “scrapping” police recording of “non-crime hate incidents”", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-responds-to-government-scrapping-police-recording-of-non-crime-hate-incidents/", "published_at": "2026-03-31T12:18:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4abaa67a", "title": "⚠️ A social media ban for under-16s = digital ID checks for all.", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f-a-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-digital-id-checks-for-all/", "published_at": "2026-03-26T17:45:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4abee801", "title": "Big Brother Watch comments on Apple forcing iPhone users to prove their age or lose internet access", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/freespeech/big-brother-watch-comments-on-apple-forcing-iphone-users-to-prove-their-age-or-lose-internet-access/", "published_at": "2026-03-25T17:25:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4bada911", "title": "BBC – UK iPhone users must now prove age or lose full internet access", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/bbc-uk-iphone-users-must-now-prove-age-or-lose-full-internet-access/", "published_at": "2026-03-25T12:48:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4c453448", "title": "👁️Essex Police has halted live facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/%f0%9f%91%81%ef%b8%8fessex-police-has-halted-live-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-03-23T19:30:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4c5e3aa5", "title": "BBC – Essex Police to resume deploying facial recognition following bias risks", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/bbc-essex-police-to-resume-deploying-facial-recognition-following-bias-risks/", "published_at": "2026-03-20T15:50:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4d4d66f0", "title": "Big Brother Watch comments on Essex Police pausing live facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-comments-on-essex-police-pausing-live-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-03-19T16:20:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4d87b527", "title": "Norwich Evening News – Facial recognition to be used in Norwich for the first time", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/norwich-evening-news-facial-recognition-to-be-used-in-norwich-for-the-first-time/", "published_at": "2026-03-17T15:23:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4e6fbae6", "title": "The Sun – Campaigners say shops’ use of facial recognition is “disproportionate”", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/the-sun-campaigners-say-shops-use-of-facial-recognition-is-disproportionate/", "published_at": "2026-03-14T15:08:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa4f6482b4", "title": "⚠️Digital ID + facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8fdigital-id-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-03-12T17:39:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa500be89b", "title": "Respond to Government consultation on a social media ban", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/blog/respond-to-government-consultation-on-a-social-media-ban/", "published_at": "2026-03-12T13:00:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa50dc64de", "title": "Daily Mail – The Government’s digital ID plans could include subverting ID photos into facial recognition mugshots", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/daily-mail-the-governments-digital-id-plans-could-include-subverting-id-photos-into-facial-recognition-mugshots/", "published_at": "2026-03-11T15:58:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa512a2e8c", "title": "Big Brother Watch response to digital ID statement by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-response-to-digital-id-statement-by-the-chief-secretary-to-the-prime-minister/", "published_at": "2026-03-10T14:01:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa513d795c", "title": "“We have freedom of speech”", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/we-have-freedom-of-speech/", "published_at": "2026-03-05T18:21:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa51443da2", "title": "Financial Times – Ex-police officer wrongly flagged as a shoplifter in shop using facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/financial-times-ex-police-officer-wrongly-flagged-as-a-shoplifter-in-shop-using-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-03-05T10:37:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa52060748", "title": "Metro – Live Facial Recognition use not ruled out in Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation plans", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/metro-live-facial-recognition-use-not-ruled-out-in-oxford-streets-pedestrianisation-plans/", "published_at": "2026-03-04T09:47:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa529f6360", "title": "Daily Mail – All social media users required to verify their age if the government takes strongest measures to ban under-16s", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/daily-mail-all-social-media-users-required-to-verify-their-age-if-the-government-takes-strongest-measures-to-ban-under-16s/", "published_at": "2026-03-02T10:09:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa53216d9d", "title": "BBC – Met police to trial Orwellian face scanning app", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/bbc-met-police-to-trial-orwellian-face-scanning-app/", "published_at": "2026-03-02T09:51:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5408de0b", "title": "BBC – Police to scan football fans’ faces in Liverpool using live facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/bbc-police-to-scan-football-fans-faces-in-liverpool-using-live-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-02-23T10:14:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa550466f0", "title": "👁️Sainsbury’s are using facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/%f0%9f%91%81%ef%b8%8fsainsburys-are-using-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-02-18T17:22:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5511374e", "title": "Big Brother Watch response to government plans to limit children’s access to VPNs", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-response-to-government-plans-to-limit-childrens-access-to-vpns/", "published_at": "2026-02-16T12:25:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa553aab5d", "title": "Big Brother Watch responds to High Court ruling the government’s ban of Palestine Action unlawful", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-responds-to-high-court-ruling-the-governments-ban-of-palestine-action-unlawful/", "published_at": "2026-02-13T15:26:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa55bb6c9a", "title": "🚨Orwellian facial recognition cameras installed at London Bridge", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/%f0%9f%9a%a8orwellian-facial-recognition-cameras-installed-at-london-bridge/", "published_at": "2026-02-12T18:57:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa55e48cd9", "title": "Big Brother Watch comments on British Transport Police deploying facial recognition at London stations", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-comments-on-british-transport-police-deploying-facial-recognition-at-london-stations/", "published_at": "2026-02-12T10:11:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa56594d60", "title": "BBC – Live facial recognition trialled at London railway station", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/bbc-live-facial-recognition-trialled-at-london-railway-station/", "published_at": "2026-02-11T10:25:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa565d6ee6", "title": "⚠️They want a TOTAL surveillance state", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8fthey-want-a-total-surveillance-state/", "published_at": "2026-02-05T16:58:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa56d87ae0", "title": "BBC- Man wrongly kicked out of Sainsbury’s shop using facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/bbc-man-wrongly-kicked-out-of-sainsburys-shop-using-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-02-05T10:12:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa57730050", "title": "Police don’t want you to know about this facial recognition trial", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/police-dont-want-you-to-know-about-this-facial-recognition-trial/", "published_at": "2026-01-30T17:30:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa57c5fbf1", "title": "The Telegraph – High Court hears the challenge to police use of live facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/facialrec/the-telegraph-high-court-hears-the-challenge-to-police-use-of-live-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-01-27T10:38:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa581d287f", "title": "High Court to Hear Landmark Legal Challenge Against Police Live Facial Recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/high-court-to-hear-landmark-legal-challenge-against-police-live-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-01-27T00:01:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa585ef687", "title": "Big Brother Watch responds to Home Secretary’s facial recognition expansion announcement", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-responds-to-home-secretarys-facial-recognition-expansion-announcement/", "published_at": "2026-01-26T18:12:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5941a92a", "title": "The Telegraph – A social media ban for youngsters won’t actually work, but it will destroy vital freedoms", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/blog/the-telegraph-a-social-media-ban-for-youngsters-wont-actually-work-but-it-will-destroy-vital-freedoms/", "published_at": "2026-01-19T16:43:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa59ff2c41", "title": "Government RAMPING up facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/government-ramping-up-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-01-16T17:51:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5a19f33c", "title": "Daily Mail – “Overwhelming” case that digital IDs should be scrapped, say campaigners", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/daily-mail-overwhelming-case-that-digital-ids-should-be-scrapped-say-campaigners/", "published_at": "2026-01-14T10:33:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5b095f42", "title": "Big Brother Watch welcomes Starmer digital ID U-turn", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-welcomes-starmer-digital-id-u-turn/", "published_at": "2026-01-13T22:08:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5b8f3946", "title": "GB News – Live facial recognition plans could turn London into “open prison”", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/gb-news-live-facial-recognition-plans-could-turn-london-into-open-prison/", "published_at": "2026-01-08T10:28:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5c7ddeed", "title": "The Grocer – Retailers must respect rights of shoppers with use of facial recognition surveillance", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/the-grocer-retailers-must-respect-rights-of-shoppers-with-use-of-facial-recognition-surveillance/", "published_at": "2026-01-08T10:24:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5c94a61b", "title": "📩 Send this to a friend who says “If I’ve got nothing to hide I’ve got nothing to fear”", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/%f0%9f%93%a9-send-this-to-a-friend-who-says-if-ive-got-nothing-to-hide-ive-got-nothing-to-fear/", "published_at": "2026-01-07T17:29:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5ccf1738", "title": "Daily Mail – Innocent shoppers are being WRONGLY blacklisted by shops using facial recognition", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/daily-mail-innocent-shoppers-are-being-wrongly-blacklisted-by-shops-using-facial-recognition/", "published_at": "2026-01-05T10:27:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5cd5059c", "title": "Daily Mail – Starmer under pressure to ditch digital ID as opposition rises", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/daily-mail-starmer-under-pressure-to-ditch-digital-id-as-opposition-rises/", "published_at": "2026-01-01T10:23:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e4a6-4eac-70e1-99f4-cbaa5d86e7c9", "title": "Digital ID: What they’re not telling you", "url": "https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/videos/digital-id-what-theyre-not-telling-you/", "published_at": "2025-12-19T16:35:13+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Big Brother Watch comment on digital bank Revolut rolling out ‘pay by face’ technologyoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2026
Big Brother Watch response to Government announcing a National Centre for Information Defenceoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
Big Brother Watch response to digital ID use in pubs and shops in England and Walesoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
Big Brother Watch response to Home Secretary calling on police chiefs to use facial recognition at protestsoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2026
New polling highlights UK’s “censorship crisis” as free speech billboards are plastered across London Undergroundoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2026
Campaigners urge Burnham to review UK’s “anti free speech laws”original ↗
6 Sept 2026
Daily Mail – More than 60,000 arrested for speech offences in Britain, damning report revealsoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2026
The Telegraph – The Government has grown too comfortable with censorshiporiginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
Telegraph – Sadiq Khan is joyfully expanding our surveillance stateoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2026
STV News – Campaigners slam Scottish police watchdog’s demands for more facial recognitionoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2026
BBC – Trial of live facial recognition at Tube stations commencesoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
BBC – Sainsbury’s pause live facial recognition in one shop following an errororiginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
Big Brother Watch comments on plans for permanent facial recognition cameras on Oxford Streetoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
The Guardian – Facial recognition cameras to be installed in Oxford Streetoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
Big Brother Watch comments on live facial recognition trial on London Undergroundoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
Conservative Home – The Conservatives forget civil liberties in their call to mandate facial recognition checksoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2026
BBC – Facial recognition used at Appleby Horse Fairoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2026
ITV – Andy Burnham set to scrap digital ID schemeoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2026
SWLondoner – Londoners increasingly sceptical of facial recognition technologyoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2026
Big Brother Watch comments on Sainsbury’s plans to roll out live facial recognition in 200 shopsoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2026
Telegraph – Sainsbury’s to expand live facial recognition use to 200 shopsoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2026
BBC – The Met Police push for a city-wide drone networkoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
Metro – 1 false alert, 0 matches by facial recognition cameras at London stationsoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
The Guardian – Fixed facial recognition cameras to be installed in West Endoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2026
Big Brother Watch responds to the expansion of fixed facial recognition cameras in Londonoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2026
The Government has grown too comfortable with censorshiporiginal ↗
22 Jun 2026
The Telegraph – Covid Inquiry buried evidence of state surveillanceoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2026
The Guardian – Social media ban would demand a “papers, please” approach to get online, campaigners warnoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
Daily Mail – Government announces social media ban for under-16soriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
Big Brother Watch responds to PM’s Social Media Ban announcementoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
The Telegraph – Labour’s spyware plan for phones is straight out of North Koreaoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
Metro – Sports Direct facial recognition error wrongly flags innocent woman as a thieforiginal ↗
10 Jun 2026
The Telegraph – HMRC’s AI-powered surveillance plans spark Big Brother fearsoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2026
Big Brother Watch response to PM’s announcement on introducing mandatory ID checks to use mobile phonesoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
Big Brother Watch response to Facewatch’s plans to sell intrusive facial recognition tech to pharmaciesoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
The Times – Government to force tech companies to restrict phonesoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2026
Daily Mail – Government spent over £650,000 Digital ID adsoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
Reuters – Facial recognition technology used at London protest for the first timeoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
Facial recognition was quietly deployed at a PROTESToriginal ↗
20 May 2026
Big Brother Watch response to the use of live facial recognition at protestsoriginal ↗
14 May 2026
Big Brother Watch responds to the King’s speechoriginal ↗
13 May 2026
Big Brother Watch responds to the Met’s live facial recognition trial in Croydonoriginal ↗
13 May 2026
Civil Liberties Risks to Watch For in the King’s Speechoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
BBC – Instagram removes message encryptionoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
👁️London Council goes FULL ORWELLoriginal ↗
6 May 2026
The Guardian – Innocent people are being wrongly placed on facial recognition watchlistsoriginal ↗
3 May 2026
Big Brother Watch responds to the Prime Minister’s statement following recent attacks on Jewish communities and calls to curb lawful protestoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
Facial recognition fight is NOT overoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
The Spectator – A social media ban for kids puts all our privacy at riskoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2026
Daily Mail – AI facial recognition wrongly flags a software engineer and midwife as criminalsoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2026
This facial recognition fight is FAR from overoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2026
GB News – Man hauled to court after facial recognition mistook him for someone elseoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2026
The Telegraph – Council plans to wire AI surveillance into 500 CCTV camerasoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2026
Responding to today’s judgment on the Met police’s use of live facial recognitionoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2026
The fight against facial recognition isn’t over – support the appealoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2026
Telegraph – Child safety is the smokescreen as the nanny state goes digitaloriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
Big Brother Watch response to MPs passing draconian laws restricting repeat protestsoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2026
Apple’s New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom in the UKoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2026
“I’m stuck with a CHILD’S phone”original ↗
8 Apr 2026
Big Brother Watch responds to Government “scrapping” police recording of “non-crime hate incidents”original ↗
31 Mar 2026
⚠️ A social media ban for under-16s = digital ID checks for all.original ↗
26 Mar 2026
Big Brother Watch comments on Apple forcing iPhone users to prove their age or lose internet accessoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2026
BBC – UK iPhone users must now prove age or lose full internet accessoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2026
👁️Essex Police has halted live facial recognitionoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
BBC – Essex Police to resume deploying facial recognition following bias risksoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2026
Big Brother Watch comments on Essex Police pausing live facial recognitionoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2026
Norwich Evening News – Facial recognition to be used in Norwich for the first timeoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2026
The Sun – Campaigners say shops’ use of facial recognition is “disproportionate”original ↗
14 Mar 2026
⚠️Digital ID + facial recognitionoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2026
Respond to Government consultation on a social media banoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2026
Daily Mail – The Government’s digital ID plans could include subverting ID photos into facial recognition mugshotsoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
Big Brother Watch response to digital ID statement by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Ministeroriginal ↗
10 Mar 2026
“We have freedom of speech”original ↗
5 Mar 2026
Financial Times – Ex-police officer wrongly flagged as a shoplifter in shop using facial recognitionoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2026
Metro – Live Facial Recognition use not ruled out in Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation plansoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2026
Daily Mail – All social media users required to verify their age if the government takes strongest measures to ban under-16soriginal ↗
2 Mar 2026
BBC – Met police to trial Orwellian face scanning apporiginal ↗
2 Mar 2026
BBC – Police to scan football fans’ faces in Liverpool using live facial recognitionoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2026
👁️Sainsbury’s are using facial recognitionoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2026
Big Brother Watch response to government plans to limit children’s access to VPNsoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2026
Big Brother Watch responds to High Court ruling the government’s ban of Palestine Action unlawfuloriginal ↗
13 Feb 2026
🚨Orwellian facial recognition cameras installed at London Bridgeoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2026
Big Brother Watch comments on British Transport Police deploying facial recognition at London stationsoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2026
BBC – Live facial recognition trialled at London railway stationoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2026
⚠️They want a TOTAL surveillance stateoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2026
BBC- Man wrongly kicked out of Sainsbury’s shop using facial recognitionoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2026
Police don’t want you to know about this facial recognition trialoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2026
The Telegraph – High Court hears the challenge to police use of live facial recognitionoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2026
High Court to Hear Landmark Legal Challenge Against Police Live Facial Recognitionoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2026
Big Brother Watch responds to Home Secretary’s facial recognition expansion announcementoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2026
The Telegraph – A social media ban for youngsters won’t actually work, but it will destroy vital freedomsoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2026
Government RAMPING up facial recognitionoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2026
Daily Mail – “Overwhelming” case that digital IDs should be scrapped, say campaignersoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2026
Big Brother Watch welcomes Starmer digital ID U-turnoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2026
GB News – Live facial recognition plans could turn London into “open prison”original ↗
8 Jan 2026
The Grocer – Retailers must respect rights of shoppers with use of facial recognition surveillanceoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2026
📩 Send this to a friend who says “If I’ve got nothing to hide I’ve got nothing to fear”original ↗
7 Jan 2026
Daily Mail – Innocent shoppers are being WRONGLY blacklisted by shops using facial recognitionoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2026
Daily Mail – Starmer under pressure to ditch digital ID as opposition risesoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2026

2025

Digital ID: What they’re not telling youoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
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