Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson is Advocacy Manager at Big Brother Watch.

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Government censorship unit sees 95% fall in ‘flagged’ online content New FOI data reveals a marked fall in censored content

01 Jun 2024

UK Government pushes for financial surveillance bill Private citizens are at risk of being spied on by banks

19 Mar 2024

Britcoin will bring in a new wave of financial censorship Emulating China’s digital currency threatens our civil liberties

30 Jun 2023

The Public Order Bill is a danger to protest rights The Government's latest amendment will grant the state far too much power

16 Jan 2023

New Online Safety Bill gives too much power to Silicon Valley The Government is outsourcing free speech rules to Big Tech companies

29 Nov 2022

Suella Braverman’s ‘protest banning orders’ must be stopped The Public Order Bill is an unacceptable restriction on liberty

06 Oct 2022

PayPal cancels FSU and The Daily Sceptic accounts The wave of financial cancellations continues apace

21 Sep 2022

‘Health misinformation’: the latest addition to the Online Safety Bill Labour and the SNP are planning on a new amendment

14 Jun 2022

Now the Government wants to tag protestors The Public Order Bill is the latest power grab by this authoritarian government

23 May 2022

Meanwhile, the UK grabs new anti-protest powers Today's Police Bill debate looks set to allow the Government to forcibly evacuate protestors

28 Feb 2022

BMJ fights back against Facebook fact-checkers The medical journal was censored for 'misinformation' by the tech giant

27 Jan 2022

The Government Censorship Unit you’ve never heard of The "Counter Disinformation Cell" is monitoring your online statements

06 Sep 2021