
Akiko Hart
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Director of @libertyhq | Professor in Practice @DurhamIMH | Trustee @ProBonoEcon | Views all mine | she/her
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11-11-2016 21:40:38
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"The government cannot step outside the law to do whatever it wants. This should not be a controversial statement, but in recent years it has become increasingly important to remind the current UK government of this fact." Akiko Hart Guardian Opinion theguardian.com/commentisfree/…






"The Home Office’s decision to continue the case shows disregard for the rule of law and completely goes against previous statements from the government just last month that they would not abuse the use of secondary legislation." - Akiko Hart independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

“I have no doubt that when we fail, Amnesty UK, Human Rights Watch and Liberty will scream at us - and good”. Attorney General's Office promising a change in how this Government will work with human rights groups.






This is a CONCERNING use of facial recognition tech. "The police need to answer as to why they are still holding this highly personal data more than 10 years after the courts said this is against the law." - Charlie Whelton Parliament MUST act to regulate the use of this technology.

🚨BREAKING Liberty Investigates @skynews At least 28 universities investigated as many as 113 students & staff over pro-Palestine protest activity Unis shared students' data & images with police This is a SHOCKING crackdown on students' right to protest: youtube.com/watch?v=SUpQ0j…

BREAKING Liberty, Privacy International, Ben Wizner & Gus Hosein are challenging the Gov’s SECRET data access order to Apple The Gov wants to create a back door to users’ private iCloud data. This could put BILLIONS of people's personal data at risk of hacking and access by foreign Gov’s

🚨BREAKING: Investigatory Powers Tribunal will hear Liberty’s and Privacy International's case against UK Gov’s attempts to secretly force Apple to give it access to people’s iCloud data This case is vital to protect BILLIONS of people’s privacy

