#  @bigbrotherwatchhq Big Brother Watch Big Brother Watch posts on YouTube about watch, free speech, police, britain the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/youtube::UCNDWHbVrIRW_FQ8rkE1Z1GQ/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] -76% - [--] Month [---------] +188% - [--] Months [---------] +68% - [--] Year [---------] +135% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/youtube::UCNDWHbVrIRW_FQ8rkE1Z1GQ/posts_active)  - [--] Months [--] -4.70% - [--] Year [--] +94% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCNDWHbVrIRW_FQ8rkE1Z1GQ/followers)  - [--] Week [-------] +0.40% - [--] Month [-------] +4.80% - [--] Months [-------] +53% - [--] Year [-------] +89% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCNDWHbVrIRW_FQ8rkE1Z1GQ/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [countries](/list/countries) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [stocks](/list/stocks) [agencies](/list/agencies) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) **Social topic influence** [watch](/topic/watch), [free speech](/topic/free-speech), [police](/topic/police), [britain](/topic/britain) #298, [starmer](/topic/starmer), [bank](/topic/bank), [cbdc](/topic/cbdc) #22, [london](/topic/london) #3620, [politics](/topic/politics), [in the](/topic/in-the) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@silkiecarlo](/creator/undefined) [@dragonsivu](/creator/undefined) [@facewatch](/creator/undefined) [@nbayoungboy](/creator/undefined) [@bigbrotjwrwatchhq](/creator/undefined) [@bigbrotherwatchorguk](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Southern Co (SO)](/topic/southern-co) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "These five [----] predictions came true If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ Today marks [--] years since this seminal masterpiece written as a cautionary tale about a dystopian future was published. The story explores a future world where the government watches everyone and controls everything destroying freedom and twisting the truth. Orwell's warnings about the erosion of privacy and civil liberties were not just prophetic but also a call to action - to defend privacy and civil liberties in the face of power. Theres no" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R04KeskYDHU) 2024-06-08T07:30Z 100K followers, 171.8K engagements "FIXED facial recognition cameras quietly switched on in London for the first time Support the legal challenge against facial recognition https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance We are alarmed by the Metropolitan Police Service installing an unprecedented network of fixed live facial recognition cameras across Croydon town centre which marks a worrying escalation in the use of LFR with no oversight or legislative basis. This comes on the back of a failed trial in Cardiff where anyone who entered the city centre was subjected to mass surveillance through a network" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VDSJ-IfsOV4) 2025-10-16T16:39Z 100K followers, 131.5K engagements "Reject digital ID Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID called BritCard It would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives eroding our rights & freedoms Sign our petition against this proposal - join over [-----] people by signing and sharing: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QCDR_v6d72o) 2025-06-23T16:31Z 100K followers, 407.5K engagements ""What is a #CBDC for" Danny Kruger MP asks the Treasury one simple question" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XJI8Q-2bY-8) 2024-02-16T16:59Z 100K followers, 19.8K engagements "🚨Orwellian facial recognition cameras installed at London Bridge 🚨NEWS : Orwellian live facial recognition cameras have been installed at London Bridge station. We visited the station to investigate its use by British Transport Police This is a major escalation in the use of live facial recognition surveillance in Britain. We must act urgently to #StopFacialRecognition . . . #StopFacialRecognition #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ESAZKTk8_s) 2026-02-12T18:57Z 100K followers, 70.1K engagements "❌"We won't be carrying digital IDs We have never been a population that lives on licence to authorities - the authorities work for us". Our director Silkie Carlo speaks against digital ID on the Triggernometry podcast. Sign our petition against this proposal - join over [-----] people by signing and sharing: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_UwHtxnRMCw) 2025-11-06T17:13Z 100K followers, 715.2K engagements "⚠They want a TOTAL surveillance state ⚠The Government is proposing a FIVEFOLD increase in Orwellian facial recognition snooping "The idea of a self-policing prison through total surveillance as the model for Britain. How could anyone not get a massive chill down the spine" - Silkie Carlo on LBC Cross Questions . . . #StopFacialRecognition #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPsb7YLE3zk) 2026-02-05T16:58Z 100K followers, 877.3K engagements "UK CBDC = A solution in search of a problem MPs & peers GRILL government ministers about the purpose of a digital pound and its detrimental impact on financial privacy and fairness. Make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow us on Telegram BigBrotherWatchHQ" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1GIpH8r1Wjc) 2025-01-07T17:43Z 100K followers, 11K engagements "Asda secretly scanning customers' faces - Dont shop there until you watch this If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ We drove the worlds biggest ad van around Asda stores trialling facial recognition. Asdas trial of live facial recognition surveillance is Orwellian in the extreme and we believe its likely to be unlawful thats why weve also just submitted a detailed legal complaint to the UKs data watchdog. According to Asdas privacy policy staff do not receive or give photos from or to the police. Rather the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2FBRUdqZvIQ) 2025-05-23T17:00Z 100K followers, 189K engagements "Digital ID = Civil liberties nightmare A mandatory digital would jeopardise privacy equality & security in Britain. Say #No2DigitalID using our simple & speedy tool: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no2digitalid/#emailGovt digital id big brother watch civil liberties dangers of digital ID Digital ID news UK digital ID Onelogin tony blair CBDC Digital identity privacy equality security Big Brother Watch UK big brother digital id big brother watch civil liberties dangers of digital ID Digital ID news UK digital ID Onelogin tony blair CBDC Digital identity privacy equality security Big" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9IZ9CkLsspU) 2024-01-25T16:59Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "Digital Pound (CBDC) Who will own your money Rishi Sunak & the Bank of England are planning to pilot a digital pound - but it would come at a major cost to our privacy financial freedom and equality. Find out more: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/ ------------------- If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WLpY6TyCR1w) 2023-07-03T16:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "Facial recognition on your high street If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ UK police forces have been relentlessly deploying Orwellian live facial recognition in crowded public places - turning innocent people into walking ID cards. We've been hard at work attending these deployments across London observing any wrongful stops and collecting evidence on the ground. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bpA-xw7wnRE) 2024-03-28T17:00Z 100K followers, 106K engagements ""CIA planned to assassinate me" - Julian Assange Wikileaks founder Julian Assange delivers a harrowing account of surveillance detention and the importance of press freedom to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. #julianassange #wikileaks #surveillance #ciasurveillance #cia #freedomofspeech #freespeech #assange #julianassange #wikileaks #surveillance #ciasurveillance #cia #freedomofspeech #freespeech #assange" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fEoAv62Qxy8) 2024-10-02T16:07Z 100K followers, 131.4K engagements "❌Dont shop at Asda until you watch this We drove the worlds biggest ad van around Asda stores trialling facial recognition. Asdas trial of live facial recognition surveillance is Orwellian in the extreme and we believe its likely to be unlawful thats why weve also just submitted a detailed legal complaint to the UKs data watchdog. We're campaigning to #stopfacialrecognition - donate to our vital work today: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ . . . #asda #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #manchester And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ndeQMglUT8) 2025-05-28T16:01Z 100K followers, 306.4K engagements "👀DWP stop plans for mass bank spying MPs across parties debated the Government's Orwellian bank spying powers buried in the Fraud Error & Recovery Bill this week Your message to stop these powers reverberated in the Commons & our research was referenced throughout. The fight is still on - we quashed these powers under the previous government and we will defeat them again. Join over [------] people asking the Government to stop bank spying: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AZ0wdVGOJ-k) 2025-02-13T17:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "Digital ID plans TORN APART in intense Parliament committee session If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee today. If you agree with what Silkie" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WizqWi8_49g) 2025-11-19T18:00Z 100K followers, 502.6K engagements "⚠ Digital ID is a "TERRIBLE idea" A mandatory digital ID would change "the nature of the relationship between a British citizen & the state" David Davis MP joins us in delivering our petition REJECTING digital ID to No [--] Britain has historically rejected various forms of mandatory ID - we must reject this too . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oNXARuTEwa8) 2025-11-25T17:23Z 100K followers, 33.6K engagements "🚨Facial recognition in your city centre In a UK first South Wales Police introduced semi-permanent AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city-centre 🔹160000 faces scanned 🔹Dozens of officer hours 🔹0 arrests Watch the full video on our YouTube channel. The evidence is clear - this trial was a huge failure costing us our privacy & freedom. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #cardiff #southwalespolice #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-HRHD5i9Gds) 2025-04-03T16:14Z 100K followers, 29.1K engagements "They're using FACIAL RECOGNITION 🛒Shops across the UK are scanning the faces of innocent customers. Publicly calling on shops to #StopFacialRecognition is a powerful & highly effective way to drive change. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow us on Telegram BigBrotherWatchHQ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5j5v5d29oHM) 2025-01-17T17:49Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements "⚠Fixed facial recognition cameras in London We are alarmed by the Metropolitan Police Service installing an unprecedented network of fixed live facial recognition cameras across Croydon town centre which marks a worrying escalation in the use of LFR with no oversight or legislative basis. Its time to stop this steady slide into a dystopian nightmare and halt all use of LFR technology across the UK until legislative safeguards are introduced. . . . #surveillance #privacy #facialrecognition #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch Make sure you subscribe to our mailing list" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5oqefGNo3ys) 2025-11-04T17:39Z 100K followers, 64.2K engagements "📩 Send this to a friend who says If Ive got nothing to hide I've got nothing to fear" We're exposing and challenging threats to our privacy and civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change. . . #surveillance #privacy #uknews #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6jUq-llJiVg) 2026-01-07T17:29Z 100K followers, 281.4K engagements "What is digital ID REALLY about Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee this week. Go to no2digitalid.co.uk to take action. . . . #surveillance #privacy #digitalid #no2digitalid #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8prWMt9ODSI) 2025-11-28T17:55Z 100K followers, 528.9K engagements "Government wants to look at your private messages If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ The government has just issued a secret order to have constant access to ALL of our iPhone data. This wont apply to just us as UK citizens but the entire world. It is completely unprecedented for a Government in any democracy to take away our ability to have a private conversation without the state listening in from millions of its own citizens - let alone the world. Encrypting our data is like closing our curtains or locking" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9dVKnVPx8lk) 2025-02-21T17:00Z 100K followers, 22.7K engagements "Do you want a CBDC digital currency If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ A UK central bank digital currency No thank you. We asked the public outside the Bank of England how they feel about Rishi Sunak's plans to introduce a UK CBDC that comes at a major cost to our privacy financial freedom and equality. We also spoke with Alex Gladstein the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and an expert on all things digital currency. It turns out both the experts and the public do not want a vast new web of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EN6cHo0RLB4) 2023-08-17T16:30Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements "Is Keir Starmer's Labour party PRO civil liberties If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ Labour Party has today received an historic victory. As a non-partisan group protecting civil liberties in Britain our work has always been needed to curb overreach - from governments of all parties. We will scrutinise every Bill and decision that impacts our civil liberties and put up the greatest fight we can to protect privacy liberty and free speech. Our strength and success depend on YOUR support. Join us as a monthly supporter" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FqdJZbsZSlY) 2024-07-05T16:06Z 93.9K followers, [----] engagements "❌Stop facial recognition China has brought in new laws to limit facial recognition. The UK No law & its spreading across shops bars & high streets. At a time when many liberal democracies and even authoritarian countries - are limiting the use of this surveillance technology our politicians are falling behind and failing us. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GiaCU3Rg30o) 2025-09-05T16:30Z 100K followers, 60.7K engagements "Co-op supermarkets under fire for spying on customers with live facial recognition - Sky News Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo is interviewed on Sky News 11th December [----] about Southern Co-op's use of live facial recognition in [--] unidentified stores. Big Brother Watch is leading a campaign to tell the Co-op to immediately STOP using facial recognition - or face a boycott by campaigners. Take action to #StopCoopSpying now - and please share https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/stopcoopspying/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IVb-UlnTbaw) 2020-12-12T18:20Z 82K followers, 39.7K engagements "Government RAMPING up facial recognition This is a massive expansion of the surveillance state Our director Silkie speaks on BBC Politics Live after the government announced they want to ramp up facial recognition. . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #facialrecognition #privacy #uknews #bigbrotherwatch #silkiecarlo If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ji8Q5OBsFdg) 2026-01-16T17:51Z 100K followers, 40.2K engagements "Your Digital ID petition handed to Keir Starmer If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Weve hand-delivered your message directly to Keir Starmer. This day belongs to all of us. Its for the 175000+ of you who stood with us and signed our petition and for the millions who added your voices to the Parliament petition calling for this to end. We refuse to be treated like barcodes we will not live in a surveillance state and their spin will not wash with us. Together youve shown what people can do when we refuse to stay" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jt2w-XbMw8Q) 2025-11-13T17:30Z 100K followers, 64.4K engagements "Digital ID: What theyre not telling you These three things the Government is saying about digital ID ❌ Don't add up Head to no2digitalid.co.uk to take action digital id digital id explained uk digital id digital id keir starmer uk news uk politics starmer big brother watch silkie carlo digital id digital id explained uk digital id digital id keir starmer uk news uk politics starmer big brother watch silkie carlo" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K1wtRC_7gJY) 2025-12-19T16:35Z 100K followers, 82.2K engagements "History warns us against digital ID If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Keir Starmer recently told his Cabinet and the media that he is considering plans for a mandatory digital ID scheme after influential Labour think tanks including Tony Blairs piled on the pressure. Sign the petition https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id We need to make sure that we are on the front foot building up the biggest campaign possible ahead of any Government announcement on digital" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KvJV07XrREQ) 2025-09-18T16:00Z 100K followers, 579.1K engagements "Cash out #CBDC in If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ A CBDC could push the UK further towards a cashless society which would exacerbate financial exclusion for many who do not want to use it or cannot use it. [--] million Brits would suffer living without cash - a Link report (2022) found. Click on the link below to defend financial freedom & equality https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#emailMP And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NRQyApn8230) 2024-04-04T16:22Z 95.4K followers, [----] engagements "These "smart" glasses can use intrusive facial recognition Harvard students have paired Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses with facial recognition software and the results are horrifying. Whilst facial recognition is broadly prohibited and tightly regulated in the EU Britains lawless approach means that a single photo of any one of us can lead to hundreds of images being scoured biometrically identified tracked and collected across the internet whether on someones laptop phone or smart glasses. #smartglasses #meta #bigbrother #privacy #facialrecognition" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OeXslbnMk-s) 2024-11-01T13:09Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements "When GRANPs START Hanging w Da YNs ❌🧢@NbaYoungBoy 🔥#Fyp #Viral #Shorts #Trending #ShortsFeed" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PW_oIRGv9co) 2025-12-13T16:11Z 33.9K followers, [----] engagements "The UK is in the ranks with China & Russia 👀"This is NOT a good look" - @silkiecarlo The UK is in the ranks with China & Russia with its use of live facial recognition - this is a stain on our democracy. Were fighting to #StopFacialRecognition from being used in public whether by police or private companies. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TFgtJMkngbQ) 2025-02-22T17:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "❌ We did NOT consent to this The Government plans to put your passport photo on a giant facial recognition database. #StopFacialRecognition" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VyXh8WWID8E) 2023-10-12T16:31Z 95.7K followers, 28.8K engagements "Your photo on a police facial recognition database DONATE TO SUPPORT FACIAL RECOGNITION LEGAL WORK https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance 🚨Your passport photo has secretly been turned into a facial recognition police mugshot. The Government has secretly been allowingpolice forces to search over [---] million UK passport and immigration database photos with Orwellian facial recognition technology. And the numberof searches areskyrocketing. Weve obtained freshdocuments that reveal the number of searches of the passport database surged from [--] in [----] to [---] in 2023." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_TCmkV7rKvg) 2025-08-07T16:00Z 100K followers, 64.6K engagements "CBDC = digital credit We caught up with digital currency expert Alex Gladstein to talk about the risks of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Email your MP to stop the Government's plans to introduce a UK CBDC https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#emailMP If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ajQyylCyAPo) 2023-08-22T16:04Z 95.1K followers, [----] engagements "Facial recognition in your local shop Donate to help our legal challenge to Stop Facial Recognition: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance We headed to Wolverhampton to check out a shop that has gone viral for installing facial recognition technology paired with AI EMOTION ANALYSIS in its doorway. Ironically I was told to leave the shopping centre for filming customers reactions to this Orwellian technology while they are scanning everyones faces potentially unlawfully. Aside from scanning the face of everyone that walks in to the shop the camera also uses AI to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bQ63ofwVibY) 2024-11-07T17:00Z 95.7K followers, 28.8K engagements ""Everything was under SURVEILLANCE" Julian Assange is finally free. Big Brother Watchs Interim Director Rebecca Vincent sits down with WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson to discuss surveillance scoops state secrets - and the future of WikiLeaks. . . . #wikileaks #julianassange #surveillance #harrods If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j4KjT0hAUEo) 2025-05-01T15:53Z 100K followers, 10.8K engagements "What no one is saying about the first city-wide facial recognition zone If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ In a UK first South Wales Police introduced semi-permanent AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city centre during this years Six Nations rugby internationals Big Brother Watch went to investigate as Wales took on England. The result: 160000+ faces scanned = Zero arrests. This marks a significant shift as previously forces have only deployed mobile live facial recognition vans equipped with a small" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nLrXYI0c_e4) 2025-03-20T16:29Z 100K followers, 206.3K engagements "What is digital ID really about Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee this week. . . . #surveillance #privacy #digitalid #no2digitalid #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oQtR4mERIqM) 2025-11-27T17:38Z 90.9K followers, 14.6K engagements "Digital ID "sounds ORWELLIAN" "Sounds Orwellian to me." The public speak out against Starmer's mandatory digital ID plans If we do not urgently build the biggest campaign possible every one of us will be required to have a digital ID card to go about our daily lives. Reject digital ID at no2digitalid.co.uk . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #surveillance #uknews #ukpolitics #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=osoy9ybXGY0) 2025-10-20T17:03Z 100K followers, 24.3K engagements "This supermarket is CASHLESS and CASHIERLESS If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ UK supermarkets are increasingly becoming cashless & cashierless We visited the Aldi Shop & Go in #Greenwich to find out how people are being scanned & forced to hand over personal data during their weekly shop. Increasingly supermarkets are using intrusive facial recognition surveillance in their shops. This includes The Southern Coop Sports Direct and Flannels. We've written to all major retailers in the UK to STOP using intrusive" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sUO97SsKqsw) 2024-07-16T16:14Z 90.9K followers, [----] engagements "😱 Wrongfully ARRESTED because of facial recognition This woman is suing Detroit Police after she was mistakenly detained for attempted murder. Shes claiming facial recognition was to blame. Weve done some digging and there are A LOT of similar claims. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #humanrights #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=usKXFHEu7so) 2025-03-26T17:26Z 100K followers, 12.7K engagements ""I was WRONGLY accused as a thief by facial recognition" Shops across the UK are putting live facial recognition cameras on doorways scanning shoppers' faces. It is hugely intrusive and also puts us all at risk of misidentifications and false accusations - and we can't let this happen. This is the story of a teenage girl who was wrongly flagged as a thief by live facial recognition cameras at a Home Bargains store leading to public humiliation & a nationwide ban from stores using the same technology. We now stand ready to support the first legal action in Europe on behalf of innocent members" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wF3ytY7yxBk) 2024-09-27T16:25Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements "Facial recognition FAIL Digital IDs arent the same as physical IDs. 🥸 This monks welfare payment was denied because the facial recognition system didnt recognise him - so he stuck on black tape as eyebrows Funny Maybe. But the reality is serious . . . #digitalid #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #monk #thailand #digitalidentity #id #welfare" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KZp4g0k21e0) 2025-02-28T17:03Z 100K followers, 18.8K engagements "Police are relentlessly using live facial recognition If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ Police have been relentlessly deploying Orwellian live facial recognition even though not a single law mentions this technology in the UK. Help us #StopFacialRecognition by signing our petition today https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-met-police-using-facial-recognition-surveillance And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MVI3J0AaXkQ) 2024-04-18T16:59Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements ""I was WRONGLY stopped by facial recognition" The Met Police has increased live facial recognition snooping on the public by 1000% in recent months - and it's still expanding with more and more police forces across the UK deploying this intrusive technology - we should all be worried about this. It is hugely intrusive and also puts us all at risk of misidentifications and false accusations - and we can't let this happen. This is the story of Shaun a community worker who was misidentified by Met Polices use of live facial recognition. We now stand ready to support the first legal action in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMlyIftwlwQ) 2024-09-11T16:18Z 95.8K followers, 219.7K engagements "PRIVACY EXPERT EXPLAINS: Why facial recognition is a threat to our privacy and freedoms Join the fight to roll back live facial recognition cameras in the UK and give legal support to people falsely flagged as criminals: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo answers your questions about facial recognition. You can watch the full documentary about Shaun and Sara here: https://youtu.be/fhLEhmhWYsw Police and private companies in the UK are increasingly using facial recognition technology to monitor categorise and track us." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_qtRR7f3XB8) 2024-11-21T17:00Z 95.8K followers, 23.1K engagements "We're taking LEGAL ACTION to stop facial recognition Donate to our crowdfunder today https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance We're taking legal action on behalf of two innocent members of the public who were wrongly accused of being criminals after facial recognition mis-ID. Never before has anyone spoken out after being misidentified by this Orwellian tech in the UK Until now. We need your support to put an urgent stop to police & shops' use of facial recognition. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g25TJJwR1TY) 2024-05-27T11:56Z 95.9K followers, 167.3K engagements "Wrongly STOPPED by facial recognition Weve witnessed people being wrongly stopped by the police because facial recognition misidentified them. Live facial recognition is not an efficient crime fighting tool. Deploying this dystopian surveillance technology to track the public is a dangerously authoritarian step. Were leading the national campaign to stop facial recognition. If youve been misidentified by this technology Big Brother Watch can help. Get in touch at info@bigbrotherwatch.org.uk. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=maxRsvYktfw) 2023-09-05T16:20Z 95.8K followers, 83.7K engagements "Do you want a #CBDC We spoke to the public outside the Bank of England to hear what they think about Rishi Sunak's plans to introduce a UK CBDC. Turns out they don't want a digital pound that could lead to financial control & an invasion of privacy. Tell your MP that you do not want a Spycoin by using our quick and easy template: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#emailMP #shorts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4eECynikp5k) 2023-11-16T17:33Z 99K followers, [----] engagements "Last chance to have your say on a UK CBDC ⚡Three days left to have your say on a UK #CBDC⚡ HAVE YOUR SAY: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#takeaction Today we headed to the Treasury to tell Jeremy Hunt to shelve proposals for a Central Bank Digital Currency. A 'digital pound' would come at a major cost to privacy financial freedom & equality. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe Follow us" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5qsMDTDKR18) 2023-06-28T16:36Z 99K followers, [----] engagements "CBDC The death of privacy 📢UPDATE: CBDC consultation deadline EXTENDED to [--] June [----]. Our strength lies in numbers have your say on proposals for a new 'digital currency' in just a few minutes by using our template https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#TAKEACTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Government is planning to pilot a Spycoin also known as a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the risks are HUGE. A public consultation for you to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LCFxNPge8eg) 2023-05-31T12:13Z 100K followers, 10.4K engagements "We took an army of Starmers to the digital ID debate what happened next If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Yesterday we unleashed a small army of Keir Starmer lookalikes around Parliament all demanding NO2DIGITALID. Inside MPs were gearing up to debate the issue. Despite politicians from every party coming out against this plan including Labour MPs numbers are still against us and the government can push digital ID through if we do not act now. Our placard stunt got the attention of the media with coverage from" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_IMrdWY7oDQ) 2025-12-10T17:30Z 100K followers, 92.8K engagements "What the Government isnt telling you about facial recognition Join the fight to roll back live facial recognition cameras in the UK and give legal support to people falsely flagged as criminals: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance In recent months the Met Police has increased live facial recognition snooping on the public by 1000% - and it's still expanding. Meanwhile the Government is putting all of our passport photos in a giant facial recognition database - and shops are putting live facial recognition cameras on doorways checking shoppers' identities. By" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fhLEhmhWYsw) 2024-08-29T16:30Z 100K followers, 658.2K engagements "Co-op using facial recognition to SPY on you "I'm not going in there now" We travelled to a Southern Co-op branch to ask the public how they feel about being spied on by intrusive live facial recognition. It turns out innocent people dont like being put in a private police style line-up. 💪Take action tell Co-op to stop using facial recognition. It's vital we stop Co-op spying now before others follow suit. 📨We've made a quick & simple template for you to email the CEO of Southern Co-op https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stopcoopspying/ If you want to support our work fighting for a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i-B7NAX8zD4) 2022-07-26T12:14Z 99.2K followers, [----] engagements ""Can we take your details" People are covering their faces at facial recognition deployments People are covering their faces to avoid live facial recognition surveillance. UK police Grabbing them off the street for not complying & demanding their details. Reminder: Covering your face while walking isnt a crime. facial recognition police deployment live facial recognition deployment police audit big brother watch big brother watch facial recognition facial recognition london facial recognition police deployment live facial recognition deployment police audit big brother watch big brother watch" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ixIIySJy33M) 2025-01-29T17:52Z 100K followers, 1M engagements "Police dont want you to know about this facial recognition trial If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ This week our director Silkie Carlo walked into the High Court to challenge the Metropolitan Polices use of live facial recognition cameras. This legal challenge is a landmark step towards protecting the public against intrusive monitoring. Silkie is joined by Shaun Thompson who was wrongly stopped by this Orwellian technology. This is the first legal action in Europe on behalf of innocent members of the public" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xoTHXsmXWgw) 2026-01-30T17:30Z 100K followers, 227.6K engagements "This shop is SCANNING your face We headed to Wolverhampton to check out a shop that has gone viral for installing facial recognition technology paired with AI EMOTION ANALYSIS in its doorway. Ironically I was told to leave the shopping centre for asking customers about their reactions to this Orwellian technology while they are scanning everyones faces potentially unlawfully. The technology is inaccurate invasive and illiberal. Thats why weve written to the ICO to lodge a complaint. Together we can drive this dystopian surveillance tech out of our high streets. And make sure you subscribe to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=02zbHLhvnwg) 2024-11-14T18:16Z 46.8K followers, [----] engagements "Government wants to spy on your bank account - we must stop them 🚨 The Governments new sweeping mass bank spying powers: 💸 Taking money directly from bank accounts 📊 Constantly monitoring bank statements 🚗 Revoking driving licenses 🏠📱 Searching houses & devices This affects everyone. We must stop them" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0_mX6zeWxoo) 2025-01-23T17:00Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements ""We live in a SURVEILLANCE society" Rugby fans in Wales condemn the use of semi-permanent live facial recognition being used to surveil the entire city-centre population. By installing these cameras on our high streets we are all being subjected to constant surveillance as if were suspects in a digital police lineup - our photos captured for repeated identity checks often without our knowledge or consent. . . . #cardiff #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1HlodC3lzNM) 2025-04-17T16:56Z 100K followers, 17.7K engagements "Hackable CCTV & human rights abuses BBC exposes Hikvision Our hard efforts fuelled a bombshell BBC Panorama investigation unveiling the rampant spread of Chinese surveillance cameras within the UK. We are urgently calling on the Home Secretary to ban these rights-abusing surveillance companies from the UK. We need to make sure this cant happen again so we are also urging the Government to instigate an independent national review of the scale capabilities ethics and rights impact of modern CCTV in the UK. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1pOq9mRV_Ys) 2023-06-26T21:07Z 31.2K followers, [----] engagements "👁"We're not the STASI" If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ From keystroke activity to email monitoring bosses are snooping on workers across the UK We asked the public in London what they think about rising employer surveillance Were investigating the rise of surveillance in the workplace - did YOUR boss spy on you And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1x-eNkm6flw) 2024-08-09T16:28Z 72.8K followers, [----] engagements ""Everything was under SURVEILLANCE" Interview with WikiLeaks editor-in-chief If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Today marks six years since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and thrown into the high-security confines of HMP Belmarsh. To mark this pivotal moment Big Brother Watchs Interim Director Rebecca Vincent sits down with WikiLeaks" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3RP_p89rI6E) 2025-04-11T16:00Z 100K followers, 20.9K engagements "Monitor MPs' bank accounts 🗣If there was a group of people whose accounts we would want to monitor because there has been a history of fraud-it would be MPs - John McDonnell The Governments cruel mass bank spying powers target the poor - they have no place in Britain. . . . #surveillance #privacy #dwp #ukpolitics #uknews #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4YD2Nwh57Ro) 2025-03-24T17:01Z 100K followers, 639.6K engagements "⚠Facial recognition in your local shop 👁Are you happy getting your face scanned by AI-powered cameras at your local shop We asked shoppers what they think about Home Bargains using facial recognition. Weve supported a victim of this Orwellian surveillance technology nearly every other week. Theres no place for it on our high streets. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5DXJJq4yYrs) 2024-12-26T17:00Z 50.2K followers, [----] engagements "Labours new agenda four things everyone is missing If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ From AI regulation to Digital ID verification Here are four overlooked details set out in Labours new agenda set out in the King's Speech this week. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow us on Telegram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5rekkNqic9Q) 2024-07-19T16:00Z 34.3K followers, 116.3K engagements "⚠The Government plans to MONITOR Britons' bank accounts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Vbv5FQvvc4) 2023-11-21T17:14Z 25.1K followers, [----] engagements "Government plans to spy on bank accounts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ ⚠Warning: The Government is sneaking in powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6dU3UWioTB8) 2023-12-20T17:02Z 25.5K followers, [----] engagements "Asking politicians if they want their bank accounts monitored 🚨 Sign our petition to stop the Government from introducing new powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts We asked politicians if they're happy for their bank accounts to be monitored. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6inOZFZJnZs) 2024-02-07T17:00Z [--] followers, 49.6K engagements "Blair's plans to resurrect digital IDs SLAMMED "We don't have to live in a kind of checkpoint society where you have a massive DATABASE STATE that records everything about you." - Silkie Carlo We must reject mandatory digital IDs. ---- If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch Follow us on Telegram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=88W2Ky3tRL4) 2023-02-24T15:35Z 71.2K followers, [----] engagements "The story of Britain's fight against ID If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ [--] years ago today on [--] February [----] Winston Churchills government scrapped ID cards. Why In his words to set the people free. Today is an important day to say loud and clear: no national ID no vaccine ID no voter ID no digital ID. Heres a short story about how and why Britain rejected ID cards with Silkie Carlo. 0:00 - Introduction 0:33 - National Registration Act [----] 01:06 - Willcock v. Muckle 1950-51 01:56 - Blair's ID cards 2004" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A69dwF6NYDI) 2024-02-21T17:00Z 46.6K followers, 20.1K engagements "What the Government wont tell you about bank snooping plans If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ The Government is rushing through alarming new powers to spy on all our bank accounts - justified under the premise of tackling welfare fraud. Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. But this is a cruel expansion of government power. The bill would allow DWP to: constantly monitor the populations bank" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BfsKBa7l9GI) 2025-02-06T17:15Z 100K followers, 136.9K engagements "🚨Your passport photo = police mugshot The Government has secretly been allowing police forces to search over [---] million UK passport and immigration database photos with Orwellian facial recognition technology. That is why we are set to pursue legal action against the Home Office and Metropolitan Police alongside Privacy International. Join our fight to stop facial recognition - donate to our crowdfunder today: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #passport And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CBmPynU9Tj0) 2025-08-13T16:03Z 100K followers, 43.7K engagements "The truth about loyalty card schemes If you want to support our work fighting for a free future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Supermarkets are using loyalty cards to amass vast amounts of detailed information on customers. Retailers can use this data to push special discounts or offers on customers. We visit an Aldi Shop & Go and Tesco store where people are being forced to hand over vast amounts of data to access food and deals. Customers should be able to freely choose whether they want to hand over their data to big companies rather than feel pressured by the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EG6DaZC0GC0) 2023-08-09T16:30Z 46.6K followers, 21.6K engagements "🔔HUGE NEWS about live facial recognition The Mets use of live facial recognition is UNLAWFUL & incompatible with fundamental rights - the UKs human rights regulator believes Were backing a legal challenge to #StopFacialRecognition & the regulator is now weighing in. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #civilliberties And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IKTv-x5Y34M) 2025-08-27T16:43Z 100K followers, 40.1K engagements "RoboCop is REAL Thai police have just unveiled an Orwellian AI cop capable of carrying out live facial recognition and behaviour analysis. Meanwhile the UK is installing PERMANENT live facial recognition cameras in London. Go to stopfacialrecognition.org to join the fight back . . #facialrecognition #stopfacialrecognition #robocop #thailand #bigbrotherwatch #uknews If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ix0n4E5hBEU) 2025-05-15T16:08Z 100K followers, 12.6K engagements "Stop Starmer's plans for a checkpoint Britain 🪪A digital ID would give the state ENORMOUS control & usher in a new era of mass surveillance. It will not solve illegal immigration or other complex societal issues. Instead it would put the burden on law-abiding citizens. Join over [-----] people in saying NO to digital ID: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JkA29JJCHxo) 2025-09-11T16:12Z 100K followers, 25.7K engagements "Five threats to your privacy in this election If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ With only one week to go until the UKs general election manifestos have been written promises have been made and millions of us are preparing to put a cross on ballot papers up and down the country. Weve been engaging with all of the major political parties to urge them to adopt pro-civil liberties policies in their manifestos and were tracking their policy commitments too. From CBDCs to facial recognition and censorship where do the main" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L7o-pO_rg_A) 2024-06-27T16:30Z 46.6K followers, 32.3K engagements "Free speech in Britain is UNDER ATTACK 🤐Whats going on with free speech in Britain 🔸6 police officers RAIDED a couples home & arrested them after they complained in a school WhatsApp group 🔸30+ officers stormed a Quaker meeting house in Central London Now is the time to speak up for free speech . . . #freespeech #freedomofexpression #privacy #surveillance #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LBEStR4r_J0) 2025-04-07T16:27Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "Inside the post-Edward Snowden legal challenges [--] years ago the Guardian first published the groundbreaking disclosures that the UKs foremost spying agency GCHQ was secretly gaining access to and exploiting the worlds online communications. This was only possible because Edward Snowden an NSA contractor bravely walked out of his place of work with a thumb drive of documents exposing the full scale of governments public surveillance - the extent of which was unimaginable. Alongside MPs and privacy campaigners this video explains how we took action against the government in response to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=McF4VRpiiCU) 2023-06-21T15:19Z 57K followers, [----] engagements ""This doesn't seem LEGAL" We asked the public what they thought about their passport photos being subverted into a facial recognition database & used for surveillance. Join our fight to stop facial recognition - donate to our crowdfunder today: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #passport And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MmuMc4Cfgjw) 2025-08-18T16:43Z 100K followers, 29.5K engagements "⚠ Stop spying on all of our bank accounts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ The Government is planning to SPY on all of our bank accounts on the premise of detecting welfare fraud & error. Your message has been delivered at no [--]. Rishi Sunak will you listen to over [------] of us asking the Government to STOP bank spying under the premise of detecting welfare fraud & error And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R1BUqWVPT5Y) 2024-05-14T16:40Z 46.6K followers, [----] engagements "The facial recognition firm mining YOUR data Imagine this: a tool that lets anyone track your face through the web and with just one click find out where you work socialise or live. PimEyes a facial recognition search engine makes this dystopian idea a dangerous reality. We have filed a legal complaint with the Information Commissioner calling on them to stop PimEyes unlawful practice of processing the biometric data of millions of UK citizens. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rr_NbnMt5p4) 2022-11-17T12:57Z 46.6K followers, [----] engagements "5 ways your boss could be spying on you at work If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Our new report 'Bossware: The dangers of high-tech worker surveillance and how to stop them' draws on workers experiences trade union views and analysis of the surveillance products on the market in the UK. It documents the rise of employer surveillance in our digital age and tells our politicians what they need to do to turn the tide on excessive workplace snooping. Read the report and find out more here:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SGMaws18lBc) 2024-09-19T16:30Z 46.6K followers, [----] engagements ""This will be an ASSAULT on civil liberties" 👁Would MPs be okay if the banks had the ability to spy on THEIR accounts We asked politicians about Starmer's plans to introduce mass bank spying powers on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud & error. ALL of us will be affected - these powers have to be stopped. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on Twitter" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SrG9iQYZQeI) 2024-12-19T18:00Z 49.9K followers, 18.1K engagements "⚠We WARNED about this UK citizens are being forced to choose between handing over their most sensitive personal data to online platforms or being blocked from freely accessing the internet as the Online Safety Act comes into force. These measures will have a catastrophic impact privacy & freedom online. The Act needs to be urgently re-examined. . . . #surveillance #privacy #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #uknews #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tt9mWa-r6Bw) 2025-07-29T16:50Z 100K followers, 40.6K engagements "Government wants to spy on your bank account - we must stop them SIGN THE PETITION: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government. Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. But this is a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Va79TZ7qpXQ) 2024-12-05T17:17Z 57K followers, 220.3K engagements "🚨 More Government censorship emerges 🚨 More evidence of Government censorship online emerges. #shorts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscr. Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XdVHwbOi3jQ) 2022-06-21T13:57Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements "Global CBDCs EXPOSED If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ Our seminal report dives into the world of Central Bank Digital Currencies & unpacks how a vast web of financial surveillance is being woven. READ: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CBDC-a-privacy-eroding-pound-FINAL-1.pdf Our report analysed CBDC projects in Nigeria Jamaica Israel Uruguay Sweden the EU and China. Heres what we found: None of the CBDC projects investigated in our report have been designed trialled or launched in a way which" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZdWUXTTHK1A) 2023-12-06T17:00Z 74.4K followers, 20.1K engagements "Government wants to spy on your bank account - we must stop them If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Write to the Government using our tool: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stop-bank-spying/=twitter#emailGovt Sign the petition: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_jce0pGZ2XU) 2025-06-09T16:30Z 100K followers, 38.7K engagements "Secretive algorithms are shaping welfare decisions Welfare Data Watch Secretive algorithms are shaping welfare decisions across the UK often without your knowledge or consent. Private companies hide the inner workings of the software that analyses your information behind claims of 'commercial confidentiality' meaning that the general public like you and me are not told what is happening with our data. Big Brother Watch is working to reveal how a few lines of computer code are defining the British welfare state today. To find out how your data is being used visit www.welfaredatawatch.co.uk If" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gnsaGNxPngg) 2021-04-24T10:00Z 55.7K followers, [----] engagements "❌ Digital ID wont stop the boats Digital ID wont stop the boats. But it will make Britain less free 💪 Now is the time to fight back . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #surveillance #uknews #ukpolitics #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iUaBkgEz7SU) 2025-09-26T17:18Z 100K followers, 22K engagements "WRONGLY blacklisted by facial recognition WRONGLY blacklisted by facial recognition over paracetamol worth 39p We're supporting Anna*'s legal complaint against Facewatch the facial recognition software provider for Home Bargains - where she was wrongly placed on a blacklist. She is now "scared to go shopping alone and tearful even remembering what she went through" Anna*'s daughter told us. Innocent people up & down the country are being caught up in a net of privatised surveillance - we can't let this continue. Were leading the national campaign to #StopFacialRecognition - join us as a Big" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o3hLHN0Rt5Y) 2025-06-26T16:15Z 100K followers, 11K engagements "Stop mass bank spying Your message to STOP mass bank spying is driving resistance in Parliament MPs across parties tore into the Fraud Error & Recovery Bill this week calling on the Government to drop these Orwellian powers - with our research reference throughout the debate. #stopbankspying #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #civilliberties #ai #welfare And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pQVSR8mFbPE) 2025-05-08T17:10Z 100K followers, 24.9K engagements "Cashless society = surveillance society A cashless society could be the most serious incursion on privacy in living memory. Martyn Day MP reminds the Government that the choice to use cash is central to upholding freedom. We will fight to protect this right at all times. ----- If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q6M7q2djt8E) 2023-03-21T17:56Z 65.9K followers, [----] engagements "He could have been ARRESTED Wrongly arrested by facial recognition = nightmare scenario This Orwellian tech puts us all at risk of misidentifications and false accusations - we can't let this happen Our director Silkie Carlo answers your questions & explains why we must #StopFacialRecognition . . . #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOSFSu_5P60) 2025-04-29T16:24Z 100K followers, 17.4K engagements "This is straight out of BLACK MIRROR 🚨The Government is pushing plans for sweeping police surveillance powers which include 🪪Subverting our driving licence photos into a vast police database 😷A ban on face masks at protests 🏠And warrantless property searches This affects privacy and free speech in Britain like never before. We must stop these powers before they see the light of day. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rIpZz8dfskU) 2025-03-07T19:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "Government wants to scan your bank account Donate to stop bank spying powers: https://donate.stripe.com/fZe16W3IQ75i7CM5kE The Government is sneaking in new powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government. Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. But this is a major expansion of government power that takes away our financial privacy like never before and does" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s0jWV0Q-Ue0) 2024-05-16T16:30Z 46.6K followers, 35.5K engagements "🚨 I didn't want to do this 💪 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance A court has just ordered that if the case is unsuccessful we could have to pay [-----] to the Metropolitan Police. However we cant back down. Because if we do there is nothing stopping the state from putting live facial recognition cameras all over our towns and cities - digital watchmen constantly watching you and checking your identity. The Orwellian nightmare will become the British reality - we will all be less free. 💪 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tXsWbqfQqSk) 2025-07-24T16:30Z 100K followers, 40.1K engagements "Government wants to SPY on all our bank accounts To spy on all of our bank accounts is 🚩Intrusive 🚩Unjustified 🚩& Risks Horizon-style injustice Silkie Carlo reacts to news that the PM is resurrecting Rishi Sunaks powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vfxNY0ETYnU) 2024-09-30T16:18Z 56.2K followers, 10.4K engagements "WRONGLY banned from Home Bargains by facial recognition We told hundreds & thousands of Britons on Good Morning Britain about the harrowing consequences of shops using Orwellian facial recognition systems 🧻A woman in Manchester was FALSELY accused of stealing toilet roll in a Home Bargains store using facial recognition provided by @Facewatch Danielle is actually one of dozens of people who've got in touch with us because they've been either misidentified by the technology or wrongly flagged by facial recognition as criminals when they're totally innocent. Madeleine Stone Senior Advocacy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yg2h_lNgwsE) 2025-07-03T16:06Z 100K followers, 22.7K engagements "5 things no one is saying about CBDCs If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Everyone is talking about how we can make our currency digital but no one has made the case for why a CBDC is actually needed CBDCs have the potential to upend the public's relationship with the state and each other by inserting the Government into every transaction we make raising significant concerns about surveillance and financial control. Here are five concerns we have about a UK CBDC READ THE REPORT:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yj2N6YR2y6A) 2025-06-17T16:30Z 100K followers, 19.3K engagements "Asking politicians if they want their bank accounts spied on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ywRUkE0r5gg) 2024-03-01T18:48Z 46.6K followers, [----] engagements "🚨Orwellian facial recognition cameras installed at London Bridge 🚨NEWS : Orwellian live facial recognition cameras have been installed at London Bridge station. We visited the station to investigate its use by British Transport Police This is a major escalation in the use of live facial recognition surveillance in Britain. We must act urgently to #StopFacialRecognition . . . #StopFacialRecognition #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ESAZKTk8_s) 2026-02-12T18:57Z 100K followers, 70.1K engagements "⚠They want a TOTAL surveillance state ⚠The Government is proposing a FIVEFOLD increase in Orwellian facial recognition snooping "The idea of a self-policing prison through total surveillance as the model for Britain. How could anyone not get a massive chill down the spine" - Silkie Carlo on LBC Cross Questions . . . #StopFacialRecognition #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPsb7YLE3zk) 2026-02-05T16:58Z 100K followers, 877.3K engagements "Police dont want you to know about this facial recognition trial If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ This week our director Silkie Carlo walked into the High Court to challenge the Metropolitan Polices use of live facial recognition cameras. This legal challenge is a landmark step towards protecting the public against intrusive monitoring. Silkie is joined by Shaun Thompson who was wrongly stopped by this Orwellian technology. This is the first legal action in Europe on behalf of innocent members of the public" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xoTHXsmXWgw) 2026-01-30T17:30Z 100K followers, 227.6K engagements "Government RAMPING up facial recognition This is a massive expansion of the surveillance state Our director Silkie speaks on BBC Politics Live after the government announced they want to ramp up facial recognition. . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #facialrecognition #privacy #uknews #bigbrotherwatch #silkiecarlo If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ji8Q5OBsFdg) 2026-01-16T17:51Z 100K followers, 40.2K engagements "📩 Send this to a friend who says If Ive got nothing to hide I've got nothing to fear" We're exposing and challenging threats to our privacy and civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change. . . #surveillance #privacy #uknews #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6jUq-llJiVg) 2026-01-07T17:29Z 100K followers, 281.4K engagements "Digital ID: What theyre not telling you These three things the Government is saying about digital ID ❌ Don't add up Head to no2digitalid.co.uk to take action digital id digital id explained uk digital id digital id keir starmer uk news uk politics starmer big brother watch silkie carlo digital id digital id explained uk digital id digital id keir starmer uk news uk politics starmer big brother watch silkie carlo" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K1wtRC_7gJY) 2025-12-19T16:35Z 100K followers, 82.2K engagements "We took an army of Starmers to the digital ID debate what happened next If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Yesterday we unleashed a small army of Keir Starmer lookalikes around Parliament all demanding NO2DIGITALID. Inside MPs were gearing up to debate the issue. Despite politicians from every party coming out against this plan including Labour MPs numbers are still against us and the government can push digital ID through if we do not act now. Our placard stunt got the attention of the media with coverage from" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_IMrdWY7oDQ) 2025-12-10T17:30Z 100K followers, 92.8K engagements "What is digital ID REALLY about Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee this week. Go to no2digitalid.co.uk to take action. . . . #surveillance #privacy #digitalid #no2digitalid #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8prWMt9ODSI) 2025-11-28T17:55Z 100K followers, 528.9K engagements "⚠ Digital ID is a "TERRIBLE idea" A mandatory digital ID would change "the nature of the relationship between a British citizen & the state" David Davis MP joins us in delivering our petition REJECTING digital ID to No [--] Britain has historically rejected various forms of mandatory ID - we must reject this too . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oNXARuTEwa8) 2025-11-25T17:23Z 100K followers, 33.6K engagements "Digital ID plans TORN APART in intense Parliament committee session If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee today. If you agree with what Silkie" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WizqWi8_49g) 2025-11-19T18:00Z 100K followers, 502.6K engagements "Your Digital ID petition handed to Keir Starmer If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Weve hand-delivered your message directly to Keir Starmer. This day belongs to all of us. Its for the 175000+ of you who stood with us and signed our petition and for the millions who added your voices to the Parliament petition calling for this to end. We refuse to be treated like barcodes we will not live in a surveillance state and their spin will not wash with us. Together youve shown what people can do when we refuse to stay" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jt2w-XbMw8Q) 2025-11-13T17:30Z 100K followers, 64.4K engagements "❌"We won't be carrying digital IDs We have never been a population that lives on licence to authorities - the authorities work for us". Our director Silkie Carlo speaks against digital ID on the Triggernometry podcast. Sign our petition against this proposal - join over [-----] people by signing and sharing: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_UwHtxnRMCw) 2025-11-06T17:13Z 100K followers, 715.2K engagements "⚠Fixed facial recognition cameras in London We are alarmed by the Metropolitan Police Service installing an unprecedented network of fixed live facial recognition cameras across Croydon town centre which marks a worrying escalation in the use of LFR with no oversight or legislative basis. Its time to stop this steady slide into a dystopian nightmare and halt all use of LFR technology across the UK until legislative safeguards are introduced. . . . #surveillance #privacy #facialrecognition #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch Make sure you subscribe to our mailing list" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5oqefGNo3ys) 2025-11-04T17:39Z 100K followers, 64.2K engagements "Digital ID "sounds ORWELLIAN" "Sounds Orwellian to me." The public speak out against Starmer's mandatory digital ID plans If we do not urgently build the biggest campaign possible every one of us will be required to have a digital ID card to go about our daily lives. Reject digital ID at no2digitalid.co.uk . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #surveillance #uknews #ukpolitics #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=osoy9ybXGY0) 2025-10-20T17:03Z 100K followers, 24.3K engagements "FIXED facial recognition cameras quietly switched on in London for the first time Support the legal challenge against facial recognition https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance We are alarmed by the Metropolitan Police Service installing an unprecedented network of fixed live facial recognition cameras across Croydon town centre which marks a worrying escalation in the use of LFR with no oversight or legislative basis. This comes on the back of a failed trial in Cardiff where anyone who entered the city centre was subjected to mass surveillance through a network" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VDSJ-IfsOV4) 2025-10-16T16:39Z 100K followers, 131.5K engagements "❌ Digital ID wont stop the boats Digital ID wont stop the boats. But it will make Britain less free 💪 Now is the time to fight back . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #surveillance #uknews #ukpolitics #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iUaBkgEz7SU) 2025-09-26T17:18Z 100K followers, 22K engagements "History warns us against digital ID If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Keir Starmer recently told his Cabinet and the media that he is considering plans for a mandatory digital ID scheme after influential Labour think tanks including Tony Blairs piled on the pressure. Sign the petition https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id We need to make sure that we are on the front foot building up the biggest campaign possible ahead of any Government announcement on digital" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KvJV07XrREQ) 2025-09-18T16:00Z 100K followers, 579.1K engagements "Stop Starmer's plans for a checkpoint Britain 🪪A digital ID would give the state ENORMOUS control & usher in a new era of mass surveillance. It will not solve illegal immigration or other complex societal issues. Instead it would put the burden on law-abiding citizens. Join over [-----] people in saying NO to digital ID: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JkA29JJCHxo) 2025-09-11T16:12Z 100K followers, 25.7K engagements "❌Stop facial recognition China has brought in new laws to limit facial recognition. The UK No law & its spreading across shops bars & high streets. At a time when many liberal democracies and even authoritarian countries - are limiting the use of this surveillance technology our politicians are falling behind and failing us. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GiaCU3Rg30o) 2025-09-05T16:30Z 100K followers, 60.7K engagements "🔔HUGE NEWS about live facial recognition The Mets use of live facial recognition is UNLAWFUL & incompatible with fundamental rights - the UKs human rights regulator believes Were backing a legal challenge to #StopFacialRecognition & the regulator is now weighing in. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #civilliberties And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IKTv-x5Y34M) 2025-08-27T16:43Z 100K followers, 40.1K engagements ""This doesn't seem LEGAL" We asked the public what they thought about their passport photos being subverted into a facial recognition database & used for surveillance. Join our fight to stop facial recognition - donate to our crowdfunder today: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #passport And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MmuMc4Cfgjw) 2025-08-18T16:43Z 100K followers, 29.5K engagements "🚨Your passport photo = police mugshot The Government has secretly been allowing police forces to search over [---] million UK passport and immigration database photos with Orwellian facial recognition technology. That is why we are set to pursue legal action against the Home Office and Metropolitan Police alongside Privacy International. Join our fight to stop facial recognition - donate to our crowdfunder today: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #passport And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CBmPynU9Tj0) 2025-08-13T16:03Z 100K followers, 43.7K engagements "Your photo on a police facial recognition database DONATE TO SUPPORT FACIAL RECOGNITION LEGAL WORK https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance 🚨Your passport photo has secretly been turned into a facial recognition police mugshot. The Government has secretly been allowingpolice forces to search over [---] million UK passport and immigration database photos with Orwellian facial recognition technology. And the numberof searches areskyrocketing. Weve obtained freshdocuments that reveal the number of searches of the passport database surged from [--] in [----] to [---] in 2023." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_TCmkV7rKvg) 2025-08-07T16:00Z 100K followers, 64.6K engagements "⚠We WARNED about this UK citizens are being forced to choose between handing over their most sensitive personal data to online platforms or being blocked from freely accessing the internet as the Online Safety Act comes into force. These measures will have a catastrophic impact privacy & freedom online. The Act needs to be urgently re-examined. . . . #surveillance #privacy #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #uknews #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tt9mWa-r6Bw) 2025-07-29T16:50Z 100K followers, 40.6K engagements "🚨 I didn't want to do this 💪 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance A court has just ordered that if the case is unsuccessful we could have to pay [-----] to the Metropolitan Police. However we cant back down. Because if we do there is nothing stopping the state from putting live facial recognition cameras all over our towns and cities - digital watchmen constantly watching you and checking your identity. The Orwellian nightmare will become the British reality - we will all be less free. 💪 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tXsWbqfQqSk) 2025-07-24T16:30Z 100K followers, 40.1K engagements "WRONGLY banned from Home Bargains by facial recognition We told hundreds & thousands of Britons on Good Morning Britain about the harrowing consequences of shops using Orwellian facial recognition systems 🧻A woman in Manchester was FALSELY accused of stealing toilet roll in a Home Bargains store using facial recognition provided by @Facewatch Danielle is actually one of dozens of people who've got in touch with us because they've been either misidentified by the technology or wrongly flagged by facial recognition as criminals when they're totally innocent. Madeleine Stone Senior Advocacy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yg2h_lNgwsE) 2025-07-03T16:06Z 100K followers, 22.7K engagements "WRONGLY blacklisted by facial recognition WRONGLY blacklisted by facial recognition over paracetamol worth 39p We're supporting Anna*'s legal complaint against Facewatch the facial recognition software provider for Home Bargains - where she was wrongly placed on a blacklist. She is now "scared to go shopping alone and tearful even remembering what she went through" Anna*'s daughter told us. Innocent people up & down the country are being caught up in a net of privatised surveillance - we can't let this continue. Were leading the national campaign to #StopFacialRecognition - join us as a Big" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o3hLHN0Rt5Y) 2025-06-26T16:15Z 100K followers, 11K engagements "Reject digital ID Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID called BritCard It would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives eroding our rights & freedoms Sign our petition against this proposal - join over [-----] people by signing and sharing: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QCDR_v6d72o) 2025-06-23T16:31Z 100K followers, 407.5K engagements "5 things no one is saying about CBDCs If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Everyone is talking about how we can make our currency digital but no one has made the case for why a CBDC is actually needed CBDCs have the potential to upend the public's relationship with the state and each other by inserting the Government into every transaction we make raising significant concerns about surveillance and financial control. Here are five concerns we have about a UK CBDC READ THE REPORT:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yj2N6YR2y6A) 2025-06-17T16:30Z 100K followers, 19.3K engagements "Government wants to spy on your bank account - we must stop them If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Write to the Government using our tool: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stop-bank-spying/=twitter#emailGovt Sign the petition: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_jce0pGZ2XU) 2025-06-09T16:30Z 100K followers, 38.7K engagements "❌Dont shop at Asda until you watch this We drove the worlds biggest ad van around Asda stores trialling facial recognition. Asdas trial of live facial recognition surveillance is Orwellian in the extreme and we believe its likely to be unlawful thats why weve also just submitted a detailed legal complaint to the UKs data watchdog. We're campaigning to #stopfacialrecognition - donate to our vital work today: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ . . . #asda #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #manchester And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ndeQMglUT8) 2025-05-28T16:01Z 100K followers, 306.4K engagements "Asda secretly scanning customers' faces - Dont shop there until you watch this If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ We drove the worlds biggest ad van around Asda stores trialling facial recognition. Asdas trial of live facial recognition surveillance is Orwellian in the extreme and we believe its likely to be unlawful thats why weve also just submitted a detailed legal complaint to the UKs data watchdog. According to Asdas privacy policy staff do not receive or give photos from or to the police. Rather the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2FBRUdqZvIQ) 2025-05-23T17:00Z 100K followers, 189K engagements "RoboCop is REAL Thai police have just unveiled an Orwellian AI cop capable of carrying out live facial recognition and behaviour analysis. Meanwhile the UK is installing PERMANENT live facial recognition cameras in London. Go to stopfacialrecognition.org to join the fight back . . #facialrecognition #stopfacialrecognition #robocop #thailand #bigbrotherwatch #uknews If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ix0n4E5hBEU) 2025-05-15T16:08Z 100K followers, 12.6K engagements "Stop mass bank spying Your message to STOP mass bank spying is driving resistance in Parliament MPs across parties tore into the Fraud Error & Recovery Bill this week calling on the Government to drop these Orwellian powers - with our research reference throughout the debate. #stopbankspying #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #civilliberties #ai #welfare And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pQVSR8mFbPE) 2025-05-08T17:10Z 100K followers, 24.9K engagements ""Everything was under SURVEILLANCE" Julian Assange is finally free. Big Brother Watchs Interim Director Rebecca Vincent sits down with WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson to discuss surveillance scoops state secrets - and the future of WikiLeaks. . . . #wikileaks #julianassange #surveillance #harrods If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j4KjT0hAUEo) 2025-05-01T15:53Z 100K followers, 10.8K engagements "He could have been ARRESTED Wrongly arrested by facial recognition = nightmare scenario This Orwellian tech puts us all at risk of misidentifications and false accusations - we can't let this happen Our director Silkie Carlo answers your questions & explains why we must #StopFacialRecognition . . . #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOSFSu_5P60) 2025-04-29T16:24Z 100K followers, 17.4K engagements ""We live in a SURVEILLANCE society" Rugby fans in Wales condemn the use of semi-permanent live facial recognition being used to surveil the entire city-centre population. By installing these cameras on our high streets we are all being subjected to constant surveillance as if were suspects in a digital police lineup - our photos captured for repeated identity checks often without our knowledge or consent. . . . #cardiff #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1HlodC3lzNM) 2025-04-17T16:56Z 100K followers, 17.7K engagements ""Everything was under SURVEILLANCE" Interview with WikiLeaks editor-in-chief If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Today marks six years since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and thrown into the high-security confines of HMP Belmarsh. To mark this pivotal moment Big Brother Watchs Interim Director Rebecca Vincent sits down with WikiLeaks" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3RP_p89rI6E) 2025-04-11T16:00Z 100K followers, 20.9K engagements "Free speech in Britain is UNDER ATTACK 🤐Whats going on with free speech in Britain 🔸6 police officers RAIDED a couples home & arrested them after they complained in a school WhatsApp group 🔸30+ officers stormed a Quaker meeting house in Central London Now is the time to speak up for free speech . . . #freespeech #freedomofexpression #privacy #surveillance #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LBEStR4r_J0) 2025-04-07T16:27Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "🚨Facial recognition in your city centre In a UK first South Wales Police introduced semi-permanent AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city-centre 🔹160000 faces scanned 🔹Dozens of officer hours 🔹0 arrests Watch the full video on our YouTube channel. The evidence is clear - this trial was a huge failure costing us our privacy & freedom. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #cardiff #southwalespolice #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-HRHD5i9Gds) 2025-04-03T16:14Z 100K followers, 29.1K engagements "😱 Wrongfully ARRESTED because of facial recognition This woman is suing Detroit Police after she was mistakenly detained for attempted murder. Shes claiming facial recognition was to blame. Weve done some digging and there are A LOT of similar claims. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #humanrights #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=usKXFHEu7so) 2025-03-26T17:26Z 100K followers, 12.7K engagements "Monitor MPs' bank accounts 🗣If there was a group of people whose accounts we would want to monitor because there has been a history of fraud-it would be MPs - John McDonnell The Governments cruel mass bank spying powers target the poor - they have no place in Britain. . . . #surveillance #privacy #dwp #ukpolitics #uknews #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4YD2Nwh57Ro) 2025-03-24T17:01Z 100K followers, 639.6K engagements "What no one is saying about the first city-wide facial recognition zone If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ In a UK first South Wales Police introduced semi-permanent AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city centre during this years Six Nations rugby internationals Big Brother Watch went to investigate as Wales took on England. The result: 160000+ faces scanned = Zero arrests. This marks a significant shift as previously forces have only deployed mobile live facial recognition vans equipped with a small" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nLrXYI0c_e4) 2025-03-20T16:29Z 100K followers, 206.3K engagements "This is straight out of BLACK MIRROR 🚨The Government is pushing plans for sweeping police surveillance powers which include 🪪Subverting our driving licence photos into a vast police database 😷A ban on face masks at protests 🏠And warrantless property searches This affects privacy and free speech in Britain like never before. We must stop these powers before they see the light of day. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rIpZz8dfskU) 2025-03-07T19:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "Facial recognition FAIL Digital IDs arent the same as physical IDs. 🥸 This monks welfare payment was denied because the facial recognition system didnt recognise him - so he stuck on black tape as eyebrows Funny Maybe. But the reality is serious . . . #digitalid #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #monk #thailand #digitalidentity #id #welfare" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KZp4g0k21e0) 2025-02-28T17:03Z 100K followers, 18.8K engagements "The UK is in the ranks with China & Russia 👀"This is NOT a good look" - @silkiecarlo The UK is in the ranks with China & Russia with its use of live facial recognition - this is a stain on our democracy. Were fighting to #StopFacialRecognition from being used in public whether by police or private companies. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TFgtJMkngbQ) 2025-02-22T17:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "Government wants to look at your private messages If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ The government has just issued a secret order to have constant access to ALL of our iPhone data. This wont apply to just us as UK citizens but the entire world. It is completely unprecedented for a Government in any democracy to take away our ability to have a private conversation without the state listening in from millions of its own citizens - let alone the world. Encrypting our data is like closing our curtains or locking" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9dVKnVPx8lk) 2025-02-21T17:00Z 100K followers, 22.7K engagements "👀DWP stop plans for mass bank spying MPs across parties debated the Government's Orwellian bank spying powers buried in the Fraud Error & Recovery Bill this week Your message to stop these powers reverberated in the Commons & our research was referenced throughout. The fight is still on - we quashed these powers under the previous government and we will defeat them again. Join over [------] people asking the Government to stop bank spying: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AZ0wdVGOJ-k) 2025-02-13T17:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements "🚨 Labour's double standards EXPOSED Labour opposed bank spying on welfare recipients in opposition - yet on Monday they are bringing back even more extreme powers. We have their words on record. We dont forget. Sign our petition to stop these powers: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts #bankspying #fraud #welfare If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n8RwseVuNGc) 2025-02-09T17:01Z 100K followers, 13.8K engagements "What the Government wont tell you about bank snooping plans If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ The Government is rushing through alarming new powers to spy on all our bank accounts - justified under the premise of tackling welfare fraud. Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. But this is a cruel expansion of government power. The bill would allow DWP to: constantly monitor the populations bank" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BfsKBa7l9GI) 2025-02-06T17:15Z 100K followers, 136.9K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@bigbrotherwatchhq Big Brother Watch
Big Brother Watch posts on YouTube about watch, free speech, police, britain the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
Engagements: [-----] #
- [--] Week [-------] -76%
- [--] Month [---------] +188%
- [--] Months [---------] +68%
- [--] Year [---------] +135%
Mentions: [--] #
- [--] Months [--] -4.70%
- [--] Year [--] +94%
Followers: [-------] #
- [--] Week [-------] +0.40%
- [--] Month [-------] +4.80%
- [--] Months [-------] +53%
- [--] Year [-------] +89%
CreatorRank: [-------] #
Social Influence
Social category influence finance travel destinations countries celebrities stocks agencies technology brands
Social topic influence watch, free speech, police, britain #298, starmer, bank, cbdc #22, london #3620, politics, in the
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @silkiecarlo @dragonsivu @facewatch @nbayoungboy @bigbrotjwrwatchhq @bigbrotherwatchorguk
Top assets mentioned Southern Co (SO)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"These five [----] predictions came true If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ Today marks [--] years since this seminal masterpiece written as a cautionary tale about a dystopian future was published. The story explores a future world where the government watches everyone and controls everything destroying freedom and twisting the truth. Orwell's warnings about the erosion of privacy and civil liberties were not just prophetic but also a call to action - to defend privacy and civil liberties in the face of power. Theres no"
YouTube Link 2024-06-08T07:30Z 100K followers, 171.8K engagements
"FIXED facial recognition cameras quietly switched on in London for the first time Support the legal challenge against facial recognition https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance We are alarmed by the Metropolitan Police Service installing an unprecedented network of fixed live facial recognition cameras across Croydon town centre which marks a worrying escalation in the use of LFR with no oversight or legislative basis. This comes on the back of a failed trial in Cardiff where anyone who entered the city centre was subjected to mass surveillance through a network"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T16:39Z 100K followers, 131.5K engagements
"Reject digital ID Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID called BritCard It would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives eroding our rights & freedoms Sign our petition against this proposal - join over [-----] people by signing and sharing: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram"
YouTube Link 2025-06-23T16:31Z 100K followers, 407.5K engagements
""What is a #CBDC for" Danny Kruger MP asks the Treasury one simple question"
YouTube Link 2024-02-16T16:59Z 100K followers, 19.8K engagements
"🚨Orwellian facial recognition cameras installed at London Bridge 🚨NEWS : Orwellian live facial recognition cameras have been installed at London Bridge station. We visited the station to investigate its use by British Transport Police This is a major escalation in the use of live facial recognition surveillance in Britain. We must act urgently to #StopFacialRecognition . . . #StopFacialRecognition #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T18:57Z 100K followers, 70.1K engagements
"❌"We won't be carrying digital IDs We have never been a population that lives on licence to authorities - the authorities work for us". Our director Silkie Carlo speaks against digital ID on the Triggernometry podcast. Sign our petition against this proposal - join over [-----] people by signing and sharing: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/"
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T17:13Z 100K followers, 715.2K engagements
"⚠They want a TOTAL surveillance state ⚠The Government is proposing a FIVEFOLD increase in Orwellian facial recognition snooping "The idea of a self-policing prison through total surveillance as the model for Britain. How could anyone not get a massive chill down the spine" - Silkie Carlo on LBC Cross Questions . . . #StopFacialRecognition #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T16:58Z 100K followers, 877.3K engagements
"UK CBDC = A solution in search of a problem MPs & peers GRILL government ministers about the purpose of a digital pound and its detrimental impact on financial privacy and fairness. Make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow us on Telegram BigBrotherWatchHQ"
YouTube Link 2025-01-07T17:43Z 100K followers, 11K engagements
"Asda secretly scanning customers' faces - Dont shop there until you watch this If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ We drove the worlds biggest ad van around Asda stores trialling facial recognition. Asdas trial of live facial recognition surveillance is Orwellian in the extreme and we believe its likely to be unlawful thats why weve also just submitted a detailed legal complaint to the UKs data watchdog. According to Asdas privacy policy staff do not receive or give photos from or to the police. Rather the"
YouTube Link 2025-05-23T17:00Z 100K followers, 189K engagements
"Digital ID = Civil liberties nightmare A mandatory digital would jeopardise privacy equality & security in Britain. Say #No2DigitalID using our simple & speedy tool: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no2digitalid/#emailGovt digital id big brother watch civil liberties dangers of digital ID Digital ID news UK digital ID Onelogin tony blair CBDC Digital identity privacy equality security Big Brother Watch UK big brother digital id big brother watch civil liberties dangers of digital ID Digital ID news UK digital ID Onelogin tony blair CBDC Digital identity privacy equality security Big"
YouTube Link 2024-01-25T16:59Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"Digital Pound (CBDC) Who will own your money Rishi Sunak & the Bank of England are planning to pilot a digital pound - but it would come at a major cost to our privacy financial freedom and equality. Find out more: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/ ------------------- If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook"
YouTube Link 2023-07-03T16:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"Facial recognition on your high street If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ UK police forces have been relentlessly deploying Orwellian live facial recognition in crowded public places - turning innocent people into walking ID cards. We've been hard at work attending these deployments across London observing any wrongful stops and collecting evidence on the ground. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter"
YouTube Link 2024-03-28T17:00Z 100K followers, 106K engagements
""CIA planned to assassinate me" - Julian Assange Wikileaks founder Julian Assange delivers a harrowing account of surveillance detention and the importance of press freedom to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. #julianassange #wikileaks #surveillance #ciasurveillance #cia #freedomofspeech #freespeech #assange #julianassange #wikileaks #surveillance #ciasurveillance #cia #freedomofspeech #freespeech #assange"
YouTube Link 2024-10-02T16:07Z 100K followers, 131.4K engagements
"❌Dont shop at Asda until you watch this We drove the worlds biggest ad van around Asda stores trialling facial recognition. Asdas trial of live facial recognition surveillance is Orwellian in the extreme and we believe its likely to be unlawful thats why weve also just submitted a detailed legal complaint to the UKs data watchdog. We're campaigning to #stopfacialrecognition - donate to our vital work today: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ . . . #asda #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #manchester And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and"
YouTube Link 2025-05-28T16:01Z 100K followers, 306.4K engagements
"👀DWP stop plans for mass bank spying MPs across parties debated the Government's Orwellian bank spying powers buried in the Fraud Error & Recovery Bill this week Your message to stop these powers reverberated in the Commons & our research was referenced throughout. The fight is still on - we quashed these powers under the previous government and we will defeat them again. Join over [------] people asking the Government to stop bank spying: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer"
YouTube Link 2025-02-13T17:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"Digital ID plans TORN APART in intense Parliament committee session If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee today. If you agree with what Silkie"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T18:00Z 100K followers, 502.6K engagements
"⚠ Digital ID is a "TERRIBLE idea" A mandatory digital ID would change "the nature of the relationship between a British citizen & the state" David Davis MP joins us in delivering our petition REJECTING digital ID to No [--] Britain has historically rejected various forms of mandatory ID - we must reject this too . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2025-11-25T17:23Z 100K followers, 33.6K engagements
"🚨Facial recognition in your city centre In a UK first South Wales Police introduced semi-permanent AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city-centre 🔹160000 faces scanned 🔹Dozens of officer hours 🔹0 arrests Watch the full video on our YouTube channel. The evidence is clear - this trial was a huge failure costing us our privacy & freedom. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #cardiff #southwalespolice #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you"
YouTube Link 2025-04-03T16:14Z 100K followers, 29.1K engagements
"They're using FACIAL RECOGNITION 🛒Shops across the UK are scanning the faces of innocent customers. Publicly calling on shops to #StopFacialRecognition is a powerful & highly effective way to drive change. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow us on Telegram BigBrotherWatchHQ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2025-01-17T17:49Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements
"⚠Fixed facial recognition cameras in London We are alarmed by the Metropolitan Police Service installing an unprecedented network of fixed live facial recognition cameras across Croydon town centre which marks a worrying escalation in the use of LFR with no oversight or legislative basis. Its time to stop this steady slide into a dystopian nightmare and halt all use of LFR technology across the UK until legislative safeguards are introduced. . . . #surveillance #privacy #facialrecognition #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch Make sure you subscribe to our mailing list"
YouTube Link 2025-11-04T17:39Z 100K followers, 64.2K engagements
"📩 Send this to a friend who says If Ive got nothing to hide I've got nothing to fear" We're exposing and challenging threats to our privacy and civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change. . . #surveillance #privacy #uknews #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T17:29Z 100K followers, 281.4K engagements
"What is digital ID REALLY about Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee this week. Go to no2digitalid.co.uk to take action. . . . #surveillance #privacy #digitalid #no2digitalid #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news"
YouTube Link 2025-11-28T17:55Z 100K followers, 528.9K engagements
"Government wants to look at your private messages If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ The government has just issued a secret order to have constant access to ALL of our iPhone data. This wont apply to just us as UK citizens but the entire world. It is completely unprecedented for a Government in any democracy to take away our ability to have a private conversation without the state listening in from millions of its own citizens - let alone the world. Encrypting our data is like closing our curtains or locking"
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T17:00Z 100K followers, 22.7K engagements
"Do you want a CBDC digital currency If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ A UK central bank digital currency No thank you. We asked the public outside the Bank of England how they feel about Rishi Sunak's plans to introduce a UK CBDC that comes at a major cost to our privacy financial freedom and equality. We also spoke with Alex Gladstein the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and an expert on all things digital currency. It turns out both the experts and the public do not want a vast new web of"
YouTube Link 2023-08-17T16:30Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Is Keir Starmer's Labour party PRO civil liberties If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ Labour Party has today received an historic victory. As a non-partisan group protecting civil liberties in Britain our work has always been needed to curb overreach - from governments of all parties. We will scrutinise every Bill and decision that impacts our civil liberties and put up the greatest fight we can to protect privacy liberty and free speech. Our strength and success depend on YOUR support. Join us as a monthly supporter"
YouTube Link 2024-07-05T16:06Z 93.9K followers, [----] engagements
"❌Stop facial recognition China has brought in new laws to limit facial recognition. The UK No law & its spreading across shops bars & high streets. At a time when many liberal democracies and even authoritarian countries - are limiting the use of this surveillance technology our politicians are falling behind and failing us. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list"
YouTube Link 2025-09-05T16:30Z 100K followers, 60.7K engagements
"Co-op supermarkets under fire for spying on customers with live facial recognition - Sky News Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo is interviewed on Sky News 11th December [----] about Southern Co-op's use of live facial recognition in [--] unidentified stores. Big Brother Watch is leading a campaign to tell the Co-op to immediately STOP using facial recognition - or face a boycott by campaigners. Take action to #StopCoopSpying now - and please share https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/stopcoopspying/"
YouTube Link 2020-12-12T18:20Z 82K followers, 39.7K engagements
"Government RAMPING up facial recognition This is a massive expansion of the surveillance state Our director Silkie speaks on BBC Politics Live after the government announced they want to ramp up facial recognition. . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #facialrecognition #privacy #uknews #bigbrotherwatch #silkiecarlo If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram"
YouTube Link 2026-01-16T17:51Z 100K followers, 40.2K engagements
"Your Digital ID petition handed to Keir Starmer If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Weve hand-delivered your message directly to Keir Starmer. This day belongs to all of us. Its for the 175000+ of you who stood with us and signed our petition and for the millions who added your voices to the Parliament petition calling for this to end. We refuse to be treated like barcodes we will not live in a surveillance state and their spin will not wash with us. Together youve shown what people can do when we refuse to stay"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T17:30Z 100K followers, 64.4K engagements
"Digital ID: What theyre not telling you These three things the Government is saying about digital ID ❌ Don't add up Head to no2digitalid.co.uk to take action digital id digital id explained uk digital id digital id keir starmer uk news uk politics starmer big brother watch silkie carlo digital id digital id explained uk digital id digital id keir starmer uk news uk politics starmer big brother watch silkie carlo"
YouTube Link 2025-12-19T16:35Z 100K followers, 82.2K engagements
"History warns us against digital ID If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Keir Starmer recently told his Cabinet and the media that he is considering plans for a mandatory digital ID scheme after influential Labour think tanks including Tony Blairs piled on the pressure. Sign the petition https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id We need to make sure that we are on the front foot building up the biggest campaign possible ahead of any Government announcement on digital"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T16:00Z 100K followers, 579.1K engagements
"Cash out #CBDC in If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ A CBDC could push the UK further towards a cashless society which would exacerbate financial exclusion for many who do not want to use it or cannot use it. [--] million Brits would suffer living without cash - a Link report (2022) found. Click on the link below to defend financial freedom & equality https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#emailMP And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2024-04-04T16:22Z 95.4K followers, [----] engagements
"These "smart" glasses can use intrusive facial recognition Harvard students have paired Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses with facial recognition software and the results are horrifying. Whilst facial recognition is broadly prohibited and tightly regulated in the EU Britains lawless approach means that a single photo of any one of us can lead to hundreds of images being scoured biometrically identified tracked and collected across the internet whether on someones laptop phone or smart glasses. #smartglasses #meta #bigbrother #privacy #facialrecognition"
YouTube Link 2024-11-01T13:09Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements
"When GRANPs START Hanging w Da YNs ❌🧢@NbaYoungBoy 🔥#Fyp #Viral #Shorts #Trending #ShortsFeed"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T16:11Z 33.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The UK is in the ranks with China & Russia 👀"This is NOT a good look" - @silkiecarlo The UK is in the ranks with China & Russia with its use of live facial recognition - this is a stain on our democracy. Were fighting to #StopFacialRecognition from being used in public whether by police or private companies. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram"
YouTube Link 2025-02-22T17:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"❌ We did NOT consent to this The Government plans to put your passport photo on a giant facial recognition database. #StopFacialRecognition"
YouTube Link 2023-10-12T16:31Z 95.7K followers, 28.8K engagements
"Your photo on a police facial recognition database DONATE TO SUPPORT FACIAL RECOGNITION LEGAL WORK https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance 🚨Your passport photo has secretly been turned into a facial recognition police mugshot. The Government has secretly been allowingpolice forces to search over [---] million UK passport and immigration database photos with Orwellian facial recognition technology. And the numberof searches areskyrocketing. Weve obtained freshdocuments that reveal the number of searches of the passport database surged from [--] in [----] to [---] in 2023."
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T16:00Z 100K followers, 64.6K engagements
"CBDC = digital credit We caught up with digital currency expert Alex Gladstein to talk about the risks of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Email your MP to stop the Government's plans to introduce a UK CBDC https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#emailMP If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/"
YouTube Link 2023-08-22T16:04Z 95.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Facial recognition in your local shop Donate to help our legal challenge to Stop Facial Recognition: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance We headed to Wolverhampton to check out a shop that has gone viral for installing facial recognition technology paired with AI EMOTION ANALYSIS in its doorway. Ironically I was told to leave the shopping centre for filming customers reactions to this Orwellian technology while they are scanning everyones faces potentially unlawfully. Aside from scanning the face of everyone that walks in to the shop the camera also uses AI to"
YouTube Link 2024-11-07T17:00Z 95.7K followers, 28.8K engagements
""Everything was under SURVEILLANCE" Julian Assange is finally free. Big Brother Watchs Interim Director Rebecca Vincent sits down with WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson to discuss surveillance scoops state secrets - and the future of WikiLeaks. . . . #wikileaks #julianassange #surveillance #harrods If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram"
YouTube Link 2025-05-01T15:53Z 100K followers, 10.8K engagements
"What no one is saying about the first city-wide facial recognition zone If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ In a UK first South Wales Police introduced semi-permanent AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city centre during this years Six Nations rugby internationals Big Brother Watch went to investigate as Wales took on England. The result: 160000+ faces scanned = Zero arrests. This marks a significant shift as previously forces have only deployed mobile live facial recognition vans equipped with a small"
YouTube Link 2025-03-20T16:29Z 100K followers, 206.3K engagements
"What is digital ID really about Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee this week. . . . #surveillance #privacy #digitalid #no2digitalid #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T17:38Z 90.9K followers, 14.6K engagements
"Digital ID "sounds ORWELLIAN" "Sounds Orwellian to me." The public speak out against Starmer's mandatory digital ID plans If we do not urgently build the biggest campaign possible every one of us will be required to have a digital ID card to go about our daily lives. Reject digital ID at no2digitalid.co.uk . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #surveillance #uknews #ukpolitics #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on"
YouTube Link 2025-10-20T17:03Z 100K followers, 24.3K engagements
"This supermarket is CASHLESS and CASHIERLESS If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ UK supermarkets are increasingly becoming cashless & cashierless We visited the Aldi Shop & Go in #Greenwich to find out how people are being scanned & forced to hand over personal data during their weekly shop. Increasingly supermarkets are using intrusive facial recognition surveillance in their shops. This includes The Southern Coop Sports Direct and Flannels. We've written to all major retailers in the UK to STOP using intrusive"
YouTube Link 2024-07-16T16:14Z 90.9K followers, [----] engagements
"😱 Wrongfully ARRESTED because of facial recognition This woman is suing Detroit Police after she was mistakenly detained for attempted murder. Shes claiming facial recognition was to blame. Weve done some digging and there are A LOT of similar claims. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #humanrights #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-03-26T17:26Z 100K followers, 12.7K engagements
""I was WRONGLY accused as a thief by facial recognition" Shops across the UK are putting live facial recognition cameras on doorways scanning shoppers' faces. It is hugely intrusive and also puts us all at risk of misidentifications and false accusations - and we can't let this happen. This is the story of a teenage girl who was wrongly flagged as a thief by live facial recognition cameras at a Home Bargains store leading to public humiliation & a nationwide ban from stores using the same technology. We now stand ready to support the first legal action in Europe on behalf of innocent members"
YouTube Link 2024-09-27T16:25Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Facial recognition FAIL Digital IDs arent the same as physical IDs. 🥸 This monks welfare payment was denied because the facial recognition system didnt recognise him - so he stuck on black tape as eyebrows Funny Maybe. But the reality is serious . . . #digitalid #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #monk #thailand #digitalidentity #id #welfare"
YouTube Link 2025-02-28T17:03Z 100K followers, 18.8K engagements
"Police are relentlessly using live facial recognition If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ Police have been relentlessly deploying Orwellian live facial recognition even though not a single law mentions this technology in the UK. Help us #StopFacialRecognition by signing our petition today https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-met-police-using-facial-recognition-surveillance And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on"
YouTube Link 2024-04-18T16:59Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements
""I was WRONGLY stopped by facial recognition" The Met Police has increased live facial recognition snooping on the public by 1000% in recent months - and it's still expanding with more and more police forces across the UK deploying this intrusive technology - we should all be worried about this. It is hugely intrusive and also puts us all at risk of misidentifications and false accusations - and we can't let this happen. This is the story of Shaun a community worker who was misidentified by Met Polices use of live facial recognition. We now stand ready to support the first legal action in"
YouTube Link 2024-09-11T16:18Z 95.8K followers, 219.7K engagements
"PRIVACY EXPERT EXPLAINS: Why facial recognition is a threat to our privacy and freedoms Join the fight to roll back live facial recognition cameras in the UK and give legal support to people falsely flagged as criminals: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo answers your questions about facial recognition. You can watch the full documentary about Shaun and Sara here: https://youtu.be/fhLEhmhWYsw Police and private companies in the UK are increasingly using facial recognition technology to monitor categorise and track us."
YouTube Link 2024-11-21T17:00Z 95.8K followers, 23.1K engagements
"We're taking LEGAL ACTION to stop facial recognition Donate to our crowdfunder today https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance We're taking legal action on behalf of two innocent members of the public who were wrongly accused of being criminals after facial recognition mis-ID. Never before has anyone spoken out after being misidentified by this Orwellian tech in the UK Until now. We need your support to put an urgent stop to police & shops' use of facial recognition. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2024-05-27T11:56Z 95.9K followers, 167.3K engagements
"Wrongly STOPPED by facial recognition Weve witnessed people being wrongly stopped by the police because facial recognition misidentified them. Live facial recognition is not an efficient crime fighting tool. Deploying this dystopian surveillance technology to track the public is a dangerously authoritarian step. Were leading the national campaign to stop facial recognition. If youve been misidentified by this technology Big Brother Watch can help. Get in touch at info@bigbrotherwatch.org.uk. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-05T16:20Z 95.8K followers, 83.7K engagements
"Do you want a #CBDC We spoke to the public outside the Bank of England to hear what they think about Rishi Sunak's plans to introduce a UK CBDC. Turns out they don't want a digital pound that could lead to financial control & an invasion of privacy. Tell your MP that you do not want a Spycoin by using our quick and easy template: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#emailMP #shorts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:"
YouTube Link 2023-11-16T17:33Z 99K followers, [----] engagements
"Last chance to have your say on a UK CBDC ⚡Three days left to have your say on a UK #CBDC⚡ HAVE YOUR SAY: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#takeaction Today we headed to the Treasury to tell Jeremy Hunt to shelve proposals for a Central Bank Digital Currency. A 'digital pound' would come at a major cost to privacy financial freedom & equality. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe Follow us"
YouTube Link 2023-06-28T16:36Z 99K followers, [----] engagements
"CBDC The death of privacy 📢UPDATE: CBDC consultation deadline EXTENDED to [--] June [----]. Our strength lies in numbers have your say on proposals for a new 'digital currency' in just a few minutes by using our template https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#TAKEACTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Government is planning to pilot a Spycoin also known as a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the risks are HUGE. A public consultation for you to"
YouTube Link 2023-05-31T12:13Z 100K followers, 10.4K engagements
"We took an army of Starmers to the digital ID debate what happened next If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Yesterday we unleashed a small army of Keir Starmer lookalikes around Parliament all demanding NO2DIGITALID. Inside MPs were gearing up to debate the issue. Despite politicians from every party coming out against this plan including Labour MPs numbers are still against us and the government can push digital ID through if we do not act now. Our placard stunt got the attention of the media with coverage from"
YouTube Link 2025-12-10T17:30Z 100K followers, 92.8K engagements
"What the Government isnt telling you about facial recognition Join the fight to roll back live facial recognition cameras in the UK and give legal support to people falsely flagged as criminals: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance In recent months the Met Police has increased live facial recognition snooping on the public by 1000% - and it's still expanding. Meanwhile the Government is putting all of our passport photos in a giant facial recognition database - and shops are putting live facial recognition cameras on doorways checking shoppers' identities. By"
YouTube Link 2024-08-29T16:30Z 100K followers, 658.2K engagements
"Co-op using facial recognition to SPY on you "I'm not going in there now" We travelled to a Southern Co-op branch to ask the public how they feel about being spied on by intrusive live facial recognition. It turns out innocent people dont like being put in a private police style line-up. 💪Take action tell Co-op to stop using facial recognition. It's vital we stop Co-op spying now before others follow suit. 📨We've made a quick & simple template for you to email the CEO of Southern Co-op https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stopcoopspying/ If you want to support our work fighting for a"
YouTube Link 2022-07-26T12:14Z 99.2K followers, [----] engagements
""Can we take your details" People are covering their faces at facial recognition deployments People are covering their faces to avoid live facial recognition surveillance. UK police Grabbing them off the street for not complying & demanding their details. Reminder: Covering your face while walking isnt a crime. facial recognition police deployment live facial recognition deployment police audit big brother watch big brother watch facial recognition facial recognition london facial recognition police deployment live facial recognition deployment police audit big brother watch big brother watch"
YouTube Link 2025-01-29T17:52Z 100K followers, 1M engagements
"Police dont want you to know about this facial recognition trial If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ This week our director Silkie Carlo walked into the High Court to challenge the Metropolitan Polices use of live facial recognition cameras. This legal challenge is a landmark step towards protecting the public against intrusive monitoring. Silkie is joined by Shaun Thompson who was wrongly stopped by this Orwellian technology. This is the first legal action in Europe on behalf of innocent members of the public"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T17:30Z 100K followers, 227.6K engagements
"This shop is SCANNING your face We headed to Wolverhampton to check out a shop that has gone viral for installing facial recognition technology paired with AI EMOTION ANALYSIS in its doorway. Ironically I was told to leave the shopping centre for asking customers about their reactions to this Orwellian technology while they are scanning everyones faces potentially unlawfully. The technology is inaccurate invasive and illiberal. Thats why weve written to the ICO to lodge a complaint. Together we can drive this dystopian surveillance tech out of our high streets. And make sure you subscribe to"
YouTube Link 2024-11-14T18:16Z 46.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Government wants to spy on your bank account - we must stop them 🚨 The Governments new sweeping mass bank spying powers: 💸 Taking money directly from bank accounts 📊 Constantly monitoring bank statements 🚗 Revoking driving licenses 🏠📱 Searching houses & devices This affects everyone. We must stop them"
YouTube Link 2025-01-23T17:00Z 56.2K followers, [----] engagements
""We live in a SURVEILLANCE society" Rugby fans in Wales condemn the use of semi-permanent live facial recognition being used to surveil the entire city-centre population. By installing these cameras on our high streets we are all being subjected to constant surveillance as if were suspects in a digital police lineup - our photos captured for repeated identity checks often without our knowledge or consent. . . . #cardiff #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-17T16:56Z 100K followers, 17.7K engagements
"Hackable CCTV & human rights abuses BBC exposes Hikvision Our hard efforts fuelled a bombshell BBC Panorama investigation unveiling the rampant spread of Chinese surveillance cameras within the UK. We are urgently calling on the Home Secretary to ban these rights-abusing surveillance companies from the UK. We need to make sure this cant happen again so we are also urging the Government to instigate an independent national review of the scale capabilities ethics and rights impact of modern CCTV in the UK. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:"
YouTube Link 2023-06-26T21:07Z 31.2K followers, [----] engagements
"👁"We're not the STASI" If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ From keystroke activity to email monitoring bosses are snooping on workers across the UK We asked the public in London what they think about rising employer surveillance Were investigating the rise of surveillance in the workplace - did YOUR boss spy on you And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook"
YouTube Link 2024-08-09T16:28Z 72.8K followers, [----] engagements
""Everything was under SURVEILLANCE" Interview with WikiLeaks editor-in-chief If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Today marks six years since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and thrown into the high-security confines of HMP Belmarsh. To mark this pivotal moment Big Brother Watchs Interim Director Rebecca Vincent sits down with WikiLeaks"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T16:00Z 100K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Monitor MPs' bank accounts 🗣If there was a group of people whose accounts we would want to monitor because there has been a history of fraud-it would be MPs - John McDonnell The Governments cruel mass bank spying powers target the poor - they have no place in Britain. . . . #surveillance #privacy #dwp #ukpolitics #uknews #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on"
YouTube Link 2025-03-24T17:01Z 100K followers, 639.6K engagements
"⚠Facial recognition in your local shop 👁Are you happy getting your face scanned by AI-powered cameras at your local shop We asked shoppers what they think about Home Bargains using facial recognition. Weve supported a victim of this Orwellian surveillance technology nearly every other week. Theres no place for it on our high streets. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on"
YouTube Link 2024-12-26T17:00Z 50.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Labours new agenda four things everyone is missing If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ From AI regulation to Digital ID verification Here are four overlooked details set out in Labours new agenda set out in the King's Speech this week. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow us on Telegram"
YouTube Link 2024-07-19T16:00Z 34.3K followers, 116.3K engagements
"⚠The Government plans to MONITOR Britons' bank accounts"
YouTube Link 2023-11-21T17:14Z 25.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Government plans to spy on bank accounts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ ⚠Warning: The Government is sneaking in powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud"
YouTube Link 2023-12-20T17:02Z 25.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Asking politicians if they want their bank accounts monitored 🚨 Sign our petition to stop the Government from introducing new powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts We asked politicians if they're happy for their bank accounts to be monitored. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2024-02-07T17:00Z [--] followers, 49.6K engagements
"Blair's plans to resurrect digital IDs SLAMMED "We don't have to live in a kind of checkpoint society where you have a massive DATABASE STATE that records everything about you." - Silkie Carlo We must reject mandatory digital IDs. ---- If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch Follow us on Telegram"
YouTube Link 2023-02-24T15:35Z 71.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The story of Britain's fight against ID If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ [--] years ago today on [--] February [----] Winston Churchills government scrapped ID cards. Why In his words to set the people free. Today is an important day to say loud and clear: no national ID no vaccine ID no voter ID no digital ID. Heres a short story about how and why Britain rejected ID cards with Silkie Carlo. 0:00 - Introduction 0:33 - National Registration Act [----] 01:06 - Willcock v. Muckle 1950-51 01:56 - Blair's ID cards 2004"
YouTube Link 2024-02-21T17:00Z 46.6K followers, 20.1K engagements
"What the Government wont tell you about bank snooping plans If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ The Government is rushing through alarming new powers to spy on all our bank accounts - justified under the premise of tackling welfare fraud. Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. But this is a cruel expansion of government power. The bill would allow DWP to: constantly monitor the populations bank"
YouTube Link 2025-02-06T17:15Z 100K followers, 136.9K engagements
"🚨Your passport photo = police mugshot The Government has secretly been allowing police forces to search over [---] million UK passport and immigration database photos with Orwellian facial recognition technology. That is why we are set to pursue legal action against the Home Office and Metropolitan Police alongside Privacy International. Join our fight to stop facial recognition - donate to our crowdfunder today: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #passport And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list"
YouTube Link 2025-08-13T16:03Z 100K followers, 43.7K engagements
"The truth about loyalty card schemes If you want to support our work fighting for a free future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Supermarkets are using loyalty cards to amass vast amounts of detailed information on customers. Retailers can use this data to push special discounts or offers on customers. We visit an Aldi Shop & Go and Tesco store where people are being forced to hand over vast amounts of data to access food and deals. Customers should be able to freely choose whether they want to hand over their data to big companies rather than feel pressured by the"
YouTube Link 2023-08-09T16:30Z 46.6K followers, 21.6K engagements
"🔔HUGE NEWS about live facial recognition The Mets use of live facial recognition is UNLAWFUL & incompatible with fundamental rights - the UKs human rights regulator believes Were backing a legal challenge to #StopFacialRecognition & the regulator is now weighing in. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #civilliberties And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on"
YouTube Link 2025-08-27T16:43Z 100K followers, 40.1K engagements
"RoboCop is REAL Thai police have just unveiled an Orwellian AI cop capable of carrying out live facial recognition and behaviour analysis. Meanwhile the UK is installing PERMANENT live facial recognition cameras in London. Go to stopfacialrecognition.org to join the fight back . . #facialrecognition #stopfacialrecognition #robocop #thailand #bigbrotherwatch #uknews If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T16:08Z 100K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Stop Starmer's plans for a checkpoint Britain 🪪A digital ID would give the state ENORMOUS control & usher in a new era of mass surveillance. It will not solve illegal immigration or other complex societal issues. Instead it would put the burden on law-abiding citizens. Join over [-----] people in saying NO to digital ID: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T16:12Z 100K followers, 25.7K engagements
"Five threats to your privacy in this election If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ With only one week to go until the UKs general election manifestos have been written promises have been made and millions of us are preparing to put a cross on ballot papers up and down the country. Weve been engaging with all of the major political parties to urge them to adopt pro-civil liberties policies in their manifestos and were tracking their policy commitments too. From CBDCs to facial recognition and censorship where do the main"
YouTube Link 2024-06-27T16:30Z 46.6K followers, 32.3K engagements
"Free speech in Britain is UNDER ATTACK 🤐Whats going on with free speech in Britain 🔸6 police officers RAIDED a couples home & arrested them after they complained in a school WhatsApp group 🔸30+ officers stormed a Quaker meeting house in Central London Now is the time to speak up for free speech . . . #freespeech #freedomofexpression #privacy #surveillance #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-04-07T16:27Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"Inside the post-Edward Snowden legal challenges [--] years ago the Guardian first published the groundbreaking disclosures that the UKs foremost spying agency GCHQ was secretly gaining access to and exploiting the worlds online communications. This was only possible because Edward Snowden an NSA contractor bravely walked out of his place of work with a thumb drive of documents exposing the full scale of governments public surveillance - the extent of which was unimaginable. Alongside MPs and privacy campaigners this video explains how we took action against the government in response to"
YouTube Link 2023-06-21T15:19Z 57K followers, [----] engagements
""This doesn't seem LEGAL" We asked the public what they thought about their passport photos being subverted into a facial recognition database & used for surveillance. Join our fight to stop facial recognition - donate to our crowdfunder today: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #passport And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2025-08-18T16:43Z 100K followers, 29.5K engagements
"⚠ Stop spying on all of our bank accounts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ The Government is planning to SPY on all of our bank accounts on the premise of detecting welfare fraud & error. Your message has been delivered at no [--]. Rishi Sunak will you listen to over [------] of us asking the Government to STOP bank spying under the premise of detecting welfare fraud & error And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Twitter"
YouTube Link 2024-05-14T16:40Z 46.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The facial recognition firm mining YOUR data Imagine this: a tool that lets anyone track your face through the web and with just one click find out where you work socialise or live. PimEyes a facial recognition search engine makes this dystopian idea a dangerous reality. We have filed a legal complaint with the Information Commissioner calling on them to stop PimEyes unlawful practice of processing the biometric data of millions of UK citizens. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to"
YouTube Link 2022-11-17T12:57Z 46.6K followers, [----] engagements
"5 ways your boss could be spying on you at work If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Our new report 'Bossware: The dangers of high-tech worker surveillance and how to stop them' draws on workers experiences trade union views and analysis of the surveillance products on the market in the UK. It documents the rise of employer surveillance in our digital age and tells our politicians what they need to do to turn the tide on excessive workplace snooping. Read the report and find out more here:"
YouTube Link 2024-09-19T16:30Z 46.6K followers, [----] engagements
""This will be an ASSAULT on civil liberties" 👁Would MPs be okay if the banks had the ability to spy on THEIR accounts We asked politicians about Starmer's plans to introduce mass bank spying powers on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud & error. ALL of us will be affected - these powers have to be stopped. And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on Twitter"
YouTube Link 2024-12-19T18:00Z 49.9K followers, 18.1K engagements
"⚠We WARNED about this UK citizens are being forced to choose between handing over their most sensitive personal data to online platforms or being blocked from freely accessing the internet as the Online Safety Act comes into force. These measures will have a catastrophic impact privacy & freedom online. The Act needs to be urgently re-examined. . . . #surveillance #privacy #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #uknews #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for"
YouTube Link 2025-07-29T16:50Z 100K followers, 40.6K engagements
"Government wants to spy on your bank account - we must stop them SIGN THE PETITION: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government. Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. But this is a"
YouTube Link 2024-12-05T17:17Z 57K followers, 220.3K engagements
"🚨 More Government censorship emerges 🚨 More evidence of Government censorship online emerges. #shorts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscr. Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch"
YouTube Link 2022-06-21T13:57Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Global CBDCs EXPOSED If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ Our seminal report dives into the world of Central Bank Digital Currencies & unpacks how a vast web of financial surveillance is being woven. READ: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CBDC-a-privacy-eroding-pound-FINAL-1.pdf Our report analysed CBDC projects in Nigeria Jamaica Israel Uruguay Sweden the EU and China. Heres what we found: None of the CBDC projects investigated in our report have been designed trialled or launched in a way which"
YouTube Link 2023-12-06T17:00Z 74.4K followers, 20.1K engagements
"Government wants to spy on your bank account - we must stop them If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Write to the Government using our tool: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stop-bank-spying/=twitter#emailGovt Sign the petition: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will"
YouTube Link 2025-06-09T16:30Z 100K followers, 38.7K engagements
"Secretive algorithms are shaping welfare decisions Welfare Data Watch Secretive algorithms are shaping welfare decisions across the UK often without your knowledge or consent. Private companies hide the inner workings of the software that analyses your information behind claims of 'commercial confidentiality' meaning that the general public like you and me are not told what is happening with our data. Big Brother Watch is working to reveal how a few lines of computer code are defining the British welfare state today. To find out how your data is being used visit www.welfaredatawatch.co.uk If"
YouTube Link 2021-04-24T10:00Z 55.7K followers, [----] engagements
"❌ Digital ID wont stop the boats Digital ID wont stop the boats. But it will make Britain less free 💪 Now is the time to fight back . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #surveillance #uknews #ukpolitics #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T17:18Z 100K followers, 22K engagements
"WRONGLY blacklisted by facial recognition WRONGLY blacklisted by facial recognition over paracetamol worth 39p We're supporting Anna*'s legal complaint against Facewatch the facial recognition software provider for Home Bargains - where she was wrongly placed on a blacklist. She is now "scared to go shopping alone and tearful even remembering what she went through" Anna*'s daughter told us. Innocent people up & down the country are being caught up in a net of privatised surveillance - we can't let this continue. Were leading the national campaign to #StopFacialRecognition - join us as a Big"
YouTube Link 2025-06-26T16:15Z 100K followers, 11K engagements
"Stop mass bank spying Your message to STOP mass bank spying is driving resistance in Parliament MPs across parties tore into the Fraud Error & Recovery Bill this week calling on the Government to drop these Orwellian powers - with our research reference throughout the debate. #stopbankspying #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #civilliberties #ai #welfare And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T17:10Z 100K followers, 24.9K engagements
"Cashless society = surveillance society A cashless society could be the most serious incursion on privacy in living memory. Martyn Day MP reminds the Government that the choice to use cash is central to upholding freedom. We will fight to protect this right at all times. ----- If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook"
YouTube Link 2023-03-21T17:56Z 65.9K followers, [----] engagements
"He could have been ARRESTED Wrongly arrested by facial recognition = nightmare scenario This Orwellian tech puts us all at risk of misidentifications and false accusations - we can't let this happen Our director Silkie Carlo answers your questions & explains why we must #StopFacialRecognition . . . #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-04-29T16:24Z 100K followers, 17.4K engagements
"This is straight out of BLACK MIRROR 🚨The Government is pushing plans for sweeping police surveillance powers which include 🪪Subverting our driving licence photos into a vast police database 😷A ban on face masks at protests 🏠And warrantless property searches This affects privacy and free speech in Britain like never before. We must stop these powers before they see the light of day. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-03-07T19:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"Government wants to scan your bank account Donate to stop bank spying powers: https://donate.stripe.com/fZe16W3IQ75i7CM5kE The Government is sneaking in new powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government. Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. But this is a major expansion of government power that takes away our financial privacy like never before and does"
YouTube Link 2024-05-16T16:30Z 46.6K followers, 35.5K engagements
"🚨 I didn't want to do this 💪 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance A court has just ordered that if the case is unsuccessful we could have to pay [-----] to the Metropolitan Police. However we cant back down. Because if we do there is nothing stopping the state from putting live facial recognition cameras all over our towns and cities - digital watchmen constantly watching you and checking your identity. The Orwellian nightmare will become the British reality - we will all be less free. 💪 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-24T16:30Z 100K followers, 40.1K engagements
"Government wants to SPY on all our bank accounts To spy on all of our bank accounts is 🚩Intrusive 🚩Unjustified 🚩& Risks Horizon-style injustice Silkie Carlo reacts to news that the PM is resurrecting Rishi Sunaks powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud"
YouTube Link 2024-09-30T16:18Z 56.2K followers, 10.4K engagements
"WRONGLY banned from Home Bargains by facial recognition We told hundreds & thousands of Britons on Good Morning Britain about the harrowing consequences of shops using Orwellian facial recognition systems 🧻A woman in Manchester was FALSELY accused of stealing toilet roll in a Home Bargains store using facial recognition provided by @Facewatch Danielle is actually one of dozens of people who've got in touch with us because they've been either misidentified by the technology or wrongly flagged by facial recognition as criminals when they're totally innocent. Madeleine Stone Senior Advocacy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-03T16:06Z 100K followers, 22.7K engagements
"5 things no one is saying about CBDCs If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Everyone is talking about how we can make our currency digital but no one has made the case for why a CBDC is actually needed CBDCs have the potential to upend the public's relationship with the state and each other by inserting the Government into every transaction we make raising significant concerns about surveillance and financial control. Here are five concerns we have about a UK CBDC READ THE REPORT:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-17T16:30Z 100K followers, 19.3K engagements
"Asking politicians if they want their bank accounts spied on"
YouTube Link 2024-03-01T18:48Z 46.6K followers, [----] engagements
"🚨Orwellian facial recognition cameras installed at London Bridge 🚨NEWS : Orwellian live facial recognition cameras have been installed at London Bridge station. We visited the station to investigate its use by British Transport Police This is a major escalation in the use of live facial recognition surveillance in Britain. We must act urgently to #StopFacialRecognition . . . #StopFacialRecognition #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T18:57Z 100K followers, 70.1K engagements
"⚠They want a TOTAL surveillance state ⚠The Government is proposing a FIVEFOLD increase in Orwellian facial recognition snooping "The idea of a self-policing prison through total surveillance as the model for Britain. How could anyone not get a massive chill down the spine" - Silkie Carlo on LBC Cross Questions . . . #StopFacialRecognition #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T16:58Z 100K followers, 877.3K engagements
"Police dont want you to know about this facial recognition trial If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ This week our director Silkie Carlo walked into the High Court to challenge the Metropolitan Polices use of live facial recognition cameras. This legal challenge is a landmark step towards protecting the public against intrusive monitoring. Silkie is joined by Shaun Thompson who was wrongly stopped by this Orwellian technology. This is the first legal action in Europe on behalf of innocent members of the public"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T17:30Z 100K followers, 227.6K engagements
"Government RAMPING up facial recognition This is a massive expansion of the surveillance state Our director Silkie speaks on BBC Politics Live after the government announced they want to ramp up facial recognition. . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #facialrecognition #privacy #uknews #bigbrotherwatch #silkiecarlo If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram"
YouTube Link 2026-01-16T17:51Z 100K followers, 40.2K engagements
"📩 Send this to a friend who says If Ive got nothing to hide I've got nothing to fear" We're exposing and challenging threats to our privacy and civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change. . . #surveillance #privacy #uknews #bigbrother #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T17:29Z 100K followers, 281.4K engagements
"Digital ID: What theyre not telling you These three things the Government is saying about digital ID ❌ Don't add up Head to no2digitalid.co.uk to take action digital id digital id explained uk digital id digital id keir starmer uk news uk politics starmer big brother watch silkie carlo digital id digital id explained uk digital id digital id keir starmer uk news uk politics starmer big brother watch silkie carlo"
YouTube Link 2025-12-19T16:35Z 100K followers, 82.2K engagements
"We took an army of Starmers to the digital ID debate what happened next If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Yesterday we unleashed a small army of Keir Starmer lookalikes around Parliament all demanding NO2DIGITALID. Inside MPs were gearing up to debate the issue. Despite politicians from every party coming out against this plan including Labour MPs numbers are still against us and the government can push digital ID through if we do not act now. Our placard stunt got the attention of the media with coverage from"
YouTube Link 2025-12-10T17:30Z 100K followers, 92.8K engagements
"What is digital ID REALLY about Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee this week. Go to no2digitalid.co.uk to take action. . . . #surveillance #privacy #digitalid #no2digitalid #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news"
YouTube Link 2025-11-28T17:55Z 100K followers, 528.9K engagements
"⚠ Digital ID is a "TERRIBLE idea" A mandatory digital ID would change "the nature of the relationship between a British citizen & the state" David Davis MP joins us in delivering our petition REJECTING digital ID to No [--] Britain has historically rejected various forms of mandatory ID - we must reject this too . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2025-11-25T17:23Z 100K followers, 33.6K engagements
"Digital ID plans TORN APART in intense Parliament committee session If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo gives evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on digital ID. This cannot be understated: Introducing a mandatory digital ID in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state by eroding our freedoms and turning us into a papers please society. Silkie made those dangers unmistakably clear to the committee today. If you agree with what Silkie"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T18:00Z 100K followers, 502.6K engagements
"Your Digital ID petition handed to Keir Starmer If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Weve hand-delivered your message directly to Keir Starmer. This day belongs to all of us. Its for the 175000+ of you who stood with us and signed our petition and for the millions who added your voices to the Parliament petition calling for this to end. We refuse to be treated like barcodes we will not live in a surveillance state and their spin will not wash with us. Together youve shown what people can do when we refuse to stay"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T17:30Z 100K followers, 64.4K engagements
"❌"We won't be carrying digital IDs We have never been a population that lives on licence to authorities - the authorities work for us". Our director Silkie Carlo speaks against digital ID on the Triggernometry podcast. Sign our petition against this proposal - join over [-----] people by signing and sharing: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/"
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T17:13Z 100K followers, 715.2K engagements
"⚠Fixed facial recognition cameras in London We are alarmed by the Metropolitan Police Service installing an unprecedented network of fixed live facial recognition cameras across Croydon town centre which marks a worrying escalation in the use of LFR with no oversight or legislative basis. Its time to stop this steady slide into a dystopian nightmare and halt all use of LFR technology across the UK until legislative safeguards are introduced. . . . #surveillance #privacy #facialrecognition #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch Make sure you subscribe to our mailing list"
YouTube Link 2025-11-04T17:39Z 100K followers, 64.2K engagements
"Digital ID "sounds ORWELLIAN" "Sounds Orwellian to me." The public speak out against Starmer's mandatory digital ID plans If we do not urgently build the biggest campaign possible every one of us will be required to have a digital ID card to go about our daily lives. Reject digital ID at no2digitalid.co.uk . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #surveillance #uknews #ukpolitics #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on"
YouTube Link 2025-10-20T17:03Z 100K followers, 24.3K engagements
"FIXED facial recognition cameras quietly switched on in London for the first time Support the legal challenge against facial recognition https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance We are alarmed by the Metropolitan Police Service installing an unprecedented network of fixed live facial recognition cameras across Croydon town centre which marks a worrying escalation in the use of LFR with no oversight or legislative basis. This comes on the back of a failed trial in Cardiff where anyone who entered the city centre was subjected to mass surveillance through a network"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T16:39Z 100K followers, 131.5K engagements
"❌ Digital ID wont stop the boats Digital ID wont stop the boats. But it will make Britain less free 💪 Now is the time to fight back . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #surveillance #uknews #ukpolitics #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bigbrotherwatchhq Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bigbrotherwatch/ Follow"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T17:18Z 100K followers, 22K engagements
"History warns us against digital ID If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Keir Starmer recently told his Cabinet and the media that he is considering plans for a mandatory digital ID scheme after influential Labour think tanks including Tony Blairs piled on the pressure. Sign the petition https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id We need to make sure that we are on the front foot building up the biggest campaign possible ahead of any Government announcement on digital"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T16:00Z 100K followers, 579.1K engagements
"Stop Starmer's plans for a checkpoint Britain 🪪A digital ID would give the state ENORMOUS control & usher in a new era of mass surveillance. It will not solve illegal immigration or other complex societal issues. Instead it would put the burden on law-abiding citizens. Join over [-----] people in saying NO to digital ID: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T16:12Z 100K followers, 25.7K engagements
"❌Stop facial recognition China has brought in new laws to limit facial recognition. The UK No law & its spreading across shops bars & high streets. At a time when many liberal democracies and even authoritarian countries - are limiting the use of this surveillance technology our politicians are falling behind and failing us. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list"
YouTube Link 2025-09-05T16:30Z 100K followers, 60.7K engagements
"🔔HUGE NEWS about live facial recognition The Mets use of live facial recognition is UNLAWFUL & incompatible with fundamental rights - the UKs human rights regulator believes Were backing a legal challenge to #StopFacialRecognition & the regulator is now weighing in. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #civilliberties And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on"
YouTube Link 2025-08-27T16:43Z 100K followers, 40.1K engagements
""This doesn't seem LEGAL" We asked the public what they thought about their passport photos being subverted into a facial recognition database & used for surveillance. Join our fight to stop facial recognition - donate to our crowdfunder today: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #passport And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2025-08-18T16:43Z 100K followers, 29.5K engagements
"🚨Your passport photo = police mugshot The Government has secretly been allowing police forces to search over [---] million UK passport and immigration database photos with Orwellian facial recognition technology. That is why we are set to pursue legal action against the Home Office and Metropolitan Police alongside Privacy International. Join our fight to stop facial recognition - donate to our crowdfunder today: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #passport And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list"
YouTube Link 2025-08-13T16:03Z 100K followers, 43.7K engagements
"Your photo on a police facial recognition database DONATE TO SUPPORT FACIAL RECOGNITION LEGAL WORK https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance 🚨Your passport photo has secretly been turned into a facial recognition police mugshot. The Government has secretly been allowingpolice forces to search over [---] million UK passport and immigration database photos with Orwellian facial recognition technology. And the numberof searches areskyrocketing. Weve obtained freshdocuments that reveal the number of searches of the passport database surged from [--] in [----] to [---] in 2023."
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T16:00Z 100K followers, 64.6K engagements
"⚠We WARNED about this UK citizens are being forced to choose between handing over their most sensitive personal data to online platforms or being blocked from freely accessing the internet as the Online Safety Act comes into force. These measures will have a catastrophic impact privacy & freedom online. The Act needs to be urgently re-examined. . . . #surveillance #privacy #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #uknews #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for"
YouTube Link 2025-07-29T16:50Z 100K followers, 40.6K engagements
"🚨 I didn't want to do this 💪 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance A court has just ordered that if the case is unsuccessful we could have to pay [-----] to the Metropolitan Police. However we cant back down. Because if we do there is nothing stopping the state from putting live facial recognition cameras all over our towns and cities - digital watchmen constantly watching you and checking your identity. The Orwellian nightmare will become the British reality - we will all be less free. 💪 DONATE TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-24T16:30Z 100K followers, 40.1K engagements
"WRONGLY banned from Home Bargains by facial recognition We told hundreds & thousands of Britons on Good Morning Britain about the harrowing consequences of shops using Orwellian facial recognition systems 🧻A woman in Manchester was FALSELY accused of stealing toilet roll in a Home Bargains store using facial recognition provided by @Facewatch Danielle is actually one of dozens of people who've got in touch with us because they've been either misidentified by the technology or wrongly flagged by facial recognition as criminals when they're totally innocent. Madeleine Stone Senior Advocacy"
YouTube Link 2025-07-03T16:06Z 100K followers, 22.7K engagements
"WRONGLY blacklisted by facial recognition WRONGLY blacklisted by facial recognition over paracetamol worth 39p We're supporting Anna*'s legal complaint against Facewatch the facial recognition software provider for Home Bargains - where she was wrongly placed on a blacklist. She is now "scared to go shopping alone and tearful even remembering what she went through" Anna*'s daughter told us. Innocent people up & down the country are being caught up in a net of privatised surveillance - we can't let this continue. Were leading the national campaign to #StopFacialRecognition - join us as a Big"
YouTube Link 2025-06-26T16:15Z 100K followers, 11K engagements
"Reject digital ID Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID called BritCard It would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives eroding our rights & freedoms Sign our petition against this proposal - join over [-----] people by signing and sharing: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/reject-plans-for-a-mandatory-britcard-digital-id . . . #digitalid #no2digitalid #uknews #uksurveillance #bigbrotherwatch And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram"
YouTube Link 2025-06-23T16:31Z 100K followers, 407.5K engagements
"5 things no one is saying about CBDCs If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Everyone is talking about how we can make our currency digital but no one has made the case for why a CBDC is actually needed CBDCs have the potential to upend the public's relationship with the state and each other by inserting the Government into every transaction we make raising significant concerns about surveillance and financial control. Here are five concerns we have about a UK CBDC READ THE REPORT:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-17T16:30Z 100K followers, 19.3K engagements
"Government wants to spy on your bank account - we must stop them If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ Write to the Government using our tool: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stop-bank-spying/=twitter#emailGovt Sign the petition: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error. It will"
YouTube Link 2025-06-09T16:30Z 100K followers, 38.7K engagements
"❌Dont shop at Asda until you watch this We drove the worlds biggest ad van around Asda stores trialling facial recognition. Asdas trial of live facial recognition surveillance is Orwellian in the extreme and we believe its likely to be unlawful thats why weve also just submitted a detailed legal complaint to the UKs data watchdog. We're campaigning to #stopfacialrecognition - donate to our vital work today: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ . . . #asda #surveillance #facialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch #manchester And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and"
YouTube Link 2025-05-28T16:01Z 100K followers, 306.4K engagements
"Asda secretly scanning customers' faces - Dont shop there until you watch this If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ We drove the worlds biggest ad van around Asda stores trialling facial recognition. Asdas trial of live facial recognition surveillance is Orwellian in the extreme and we believe its likely to be unlawful thats why weve also just submitted a detailed legal complaint to the UKs data watchdog. According to Asdas privacy policy staff do not receive or give photos from or to the police. Rather the"
YouTube Link 2025-05-23T17:00Z 100K followers, 189K engagements
"RoboCop is REAL Thai police have just unveiled an Orwellian AI cop capable of carrying out live facial recognition and behaviour analysis. Meanwhile the UK is installing PERMANENT live facial recognition cameras in London. Go to stopfacialrecognition.org to join the fight back . . #facialrecognition #stopfacialrecognition #robocop #thailand #bigbrotherwatch #uknews If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T16:08Z 100K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Stop mass bank spying Your message to STOP mass bank spying is driving resistance in Parliament MPs across parties tore into the Fraud Error & Recovery Bill this week calling on the Government to drop these Orwellian powers - with our research reference throughout the debate. #stopbankspying #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #civilliberties #ai #welfare And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigbrotherwatchhq/ Follow us on TikTok"
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T17:10Z 100K followers, 24.9K engagements
""Everything was under SURVEILLANCE" Julian Assange is finally free. Big Brother Watchs Interim Director Rebecca Vincent sits down with WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson to discuss surveillance scoops state secrets - and the future of WikiLeaks. . . . #wikileaks #julianassange #surveillance #harrods If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram"
YouTube Link 2025-05-01T15:53Z 100K followers, 10.8K engagements
"He could have been ARRESTED Wrongly arrested by facial recognition = nightmare scenario This Orwellian tech puts us all at risk of misidentifications and false accusations - we can't let this happen Our director Silkie Carlo answers your questions & explains why we must #StopFacialRecognition . . . #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-04-29T16:24Z 100K followers, 17.4K engagements
""We live in a SURVEILLANCE society" Rugby fans in Wales condemn the use of semi-permanent live facial recognition being used to surveil the entire city-centre population. By installing these cameras on our high streets we are all being subjected to constant surveillance as if were suspects in a digital police lineup - our photos captured for repeated identity checks often without our knowledge or consent. . . . #cardiff #facialrecognition #privacy #ukpolitics #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-17T16:56Z 100K followers, 17.7K engagements
""Everything was under SURVEILLANCE" Interview with WikiLeaks editor-in-chief If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Today marks six years since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and thrown into the high-security confines of HMP Belmarsh. To mark this pivotal moment Big Brother Watchs Interim Director Rebecca Vincent sits down with WikiLeaks"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T16:00Z 100K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Free speech in Britain is UNDER ATTACK 🤐Whats going on with free speech in Britain 🔸6 police officers RAIDED a couples home & arrested them after they complained in a school WhatsApp group 🔸30+ officers stormed a Quaker meeting house in Central London Now is the time to speak up for free speech . . . #freespeech #freedomofexpression #privacy #surveillance #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-04-07T16:27Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"🚨Facial recognition in your city centre In a UK first South Wales Police introduced semi-permanent AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city-centre 🔹160000 faces scanned 🔹Dozens of officer hours 🔹0 arrests Watch the full video on our YouTube channel. The evidence is clear - this trial was a huge failure costing us our privacy & freedom. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #cardiff #southwalespolice #uknews #stopfacialrecognition #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you"
YouTube Link 2025-04-03T16:14Z 100K followers, 29.1K engagements
"😱 Wrongfully ARRESTED because of facial recognition This woman is suing Detroit Police after she was mistakenly detained for attempted murder. Shes claiming facial recognition was to blame. Weve done some digging and there are A LOT of similar claims. . . . #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #stopfacialrecognition #civilliberties #humanrights #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-03-26T17:26Z 100K followers, 12.7K engagements
"Monitor MPs' bank accounts 🗣If there was a group of people whose accounts we would want to monitor because there has been a history of fraud-it would be MPs - John McDonnell The Governments cruel mass bank spying powers target the poor - they have no place in Britain. . . . #surveillance #privacy #dwp #ukpolitics #uknews #bigbrotherwatch If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on"
YouTube Link 2025-03-24T17:01Z 100K followers, 639.6K engagements
"What no one is saying about the first city-wide facial recognition zone If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ In a UK first South Wales Police introduced semi-permanent AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city centre during this years Six Nations rugby internationals Big Brother Watch went to investigate as Wales took on England. The result: 160000+ faces scanned = Zero arrests. This marks a significant shift as previously forces have only deployed mobile live facial recognition vans equipped with a small"
YouTube Link 2025-03-20T16:29Z 100K followers, 206.3K engagements
"This is straight out of BLACK MIRROR 🚨The Government is pushing plans for sweeping police surveillance powers which include 🪪Subverting our driving licence photos into a vast police database 😷A ban on face masks at protests 🏠And warrantless property searches This affects privacy and free speech in Britain like never before. We must stop these powers before they see the light of day. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-03-07T19:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"Facial recognition FAIL Digital IDs arent the same as physical IDs. 🥸 This monks welfare payment was denied because the facial recognition system didnt recognise him - so he stuck on black tape as eyebrows Funny Maybe. But the reality is serious . . . #digitalid #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #uknews #monk #thailand #digitalidentity #id #welfare"
YouTube Link 2025-02-28T17:03Z 100K followers, 18.8K engagements
"The UK is in the ranks with China & Russia 👀"This is NOT a good look" - @silkiecarlo The UK is in the ranks with China & Russia with its use of live facial recognition - this is a stain on our democracy. Were fighting to #StopFacialRecognition from being used in public whether by police or private companies. If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/subscribe/ Follow us on Instagram"
YouTube Link 2025-02-22T17:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"Government wants to look at your private messages If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ The government has just issued a secret order to have constant access to ALL of our iPhone data. This wont apply to just us as UK citizens but the entire world. It is completely unprecedented for a Government in any democracy to take away our ability to have a private conversation without the state listening in from millions of its own citizens - let alone the world. Encrypting our data is like closing our curtains or locking"
YouTube Link 2025-02-21T17:00Z 100K followers, 22.7K engagements
"👀DWP stop plans for mass bank spying MPs across parties debated the Government's Orwellian bank spying powers buried in the Fraud Error & Recovery Bill this week Your message to stop these powers reverberated in the Commons & our research was referenced throughout. The fight is still on - we quashed these powers under the previous government and we will defeat them again. Join over [------] people asking the Government to stop bank spying: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts If you want to support our work fighting for a freer"
YouTube Link 2025-02-13T17:00Z 100K followers, [----] engagements
"🚨 Labour's double standards EXPOSED Labour opposed bank spying on welfare recipients in opposition - yet on Monday they are bringing back even more extreme powers. We have their words on record. We dont forget. Sign our petition to stop these powers: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts #bankspying #fraud #welfare If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ And make sure you subscribe to our mailing list for breaking news and action alerts"
YouTube Link 2025-02-09T17:01Z 100K followers, 13.8K engagements
"What the Government wont tell you about bank snooping plans If you want to support our work fighting for a freer future please join us: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/ The Government is rushing through alarming new powers to spy on all our bank accounts - justified under the premise of tackling welfare fraud. Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects. But this is a cruel expansion of government power. The bill would allow DWP to: constantly monitor the populations bank"
YouTube Link 2025-02-06T17:15Z 100K followers, 136.9K engagements
Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing