Silkie Carlo
director, Big Brother Watch

Silkie is the director of Big Brother Watch and a lifelong campaigner for the protection of civil liberties, particularly in the context of new and emerging technologies. She works to uphold rights in the fields of state surveillance, policing technologies, big data, artificial intelligence and free expression online.

Before joining Big Brother Watch in January 2018, she was the senior advocacy officer at Liberty, where she led a programme on technology and human rights and launched a legal challenge to the Investigatory Powers Act. She previously worked for Edward Snowden’s official defence fund and whistleblowers at risk.

Silkie also organises Cryptoparty London and is the co-author of Information Security for Journalists.

Follow Silkie on Twitter @silkiecarlo

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