News and Analysis

N&A, Long Reads, Press Release

Long Read

Big Tech is now in the business of enabling government surveillance. It was just a matter of time they’d be tools of war and abuse.

Long Read

Given the continued threats to sexual and reproductive rights globally, we ask: are period tracking apps truly safe for those who rely on them? 

Long Read

Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used to prosecute activists, protesters and human rights defenders.

News & Analysis

Clearview have been told that the EU and UK GDPRs apply to their indefensible business of selling your face to foreign law enforcement agencies, after PI intervened in a recent legal case.

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Microsoft has announced that on 14 October 2025 their consumer versions of the Windows 10 operating system will reach “End of Life”, but what does that mean, how does it affect your security and privacy? and what steps can you take to keep your data protected?

News & Analysis

The UK Government has reportedly issued a new secret order to Apple, and it's likely still as dangerous. 

Long Read

There is an urgent need for the regulation of facial recognition technologies in the UK to protect people from the grave risk it poses to human rights. In light of this, we conducted research to see how other states and jurisdictions are regulating biometric technologies.

News & Analysis

The UK Government heads down a strange path of accepting AI investment from US firms.

News & Analysis

A judge has ruled that Google must disclose data acquired through the operation of its illegal search monopoly. The case leaves much to be desired in protecting both privacy and fair competition in how big tech operates. 

Video

This week Gus and Caitlin are rewilding the Internet with Maria Farrell. What do you want using the internet or your devices to feel like? What can ecology teach us about unwinding corporate capture of the digital commons? How do we take back our home online?

News & Analysis

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests have revealed the rapidly increasing scale of UK police mass facial recognition searches against the passport and immigration databases.

News & Analysis

The Tribunal establishes the next stages for our case against the UK Government's purported secret order to undermine Apple users' security.

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AI assistants and agents are landing. These AI firms must move with great care as they innovate in this environment. 

Long Read

Big Tech abuses localhost to spy on users. This brazen innovation is sadly consistent behaviour.

News & Analysis

Ads are coming to WhatsApp - but what does that mean for their encrypted messaging? Privacy and online business models haven't always got along...

Long Read

Recent activity demonstrates the need to protect people against the worst excesses of Big Tech dominance over how we interact and relate online. The fight over our data and our autonomy online continues.