June 2020 – Big Brother Watch Podcast

Coronavirus: Battle for Liberty 2.0 — Silkie Carlo & Shami Chakrabarti — #3

Shami Chakrabarti, the former head of Liberty and Labour peer, joins Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo to discuss the changing landscape for civil liberties and human rights post-Covid-19.

Shami joined Liberty the day before the 9/11 attacks, which changed the civil liberties debate for a generation. In this podcast, Shami and Silkie discuss the lessons from campaigning for rights post-9/11 and the new battle for liberty.

Can we truly reverse states of emergency? How did we become ruled by ministerial decree? Can we stop this becoming a “new normal”? This in-depth discussion explores the Coronavirus Act, the UK’s lockdown, expanding surveillance and the exacerbation of inequality.

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Watch the video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cK9OaB9tw

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Coronavirus, social media censorship and the impact on free speech — Silkie Carlo, Matthew Lesh & Rachael Jolley — #2

Are social media platforms still open public squares, or controlled speech zones censored on the whims of favoured governments? Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch and host of this show, is joined by Matthew Lesh (Adam Smith Institute) and Rachael Jolley (Index on Censorship) to analyse the impact of the pandemic on free speech online.

Watch the video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwVgM_4TItA

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