Madeleine Stone (@madeleine_st0ne) 's Twitter Profile
Madeleine Stone

@madeleine_st0ne

Privacy, free speech + crafting enthusiast. Senior Advocacy Officer working on surveillance tech and censorship @BigBrotherWatch. Views my own, naturally.

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One of our excellent volunteers - Charlie Davies - has written powerfully about the impact the govt's plans to spy on bank accounts will have on unpaid carers like him. Please do share and don't forget to contact your MP ahead of tomorrow's debate: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stop…

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⚠️Live facial recognition cameras are subjecting innocent people to "lengthy, humiliating & aggressive police stops" - Madeleine Stone This includes Shaun, an anti-knife crime activist. We're supporting his legal action to #StopFacialRecognition Read⤵️ theguardian.com/technology/202…

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🚌We drove the world's largest digital ad van around Asda shops trialling facial recognition tech The trial is "deeply disproportionate & chilling, risks violating the privacy rights of thousands of people" - Madeleine Stone Read ⤵️ thegrocer.co.uk/news/big-broth…

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Interesting that my local force only turns off replies when it is announcing a deployment of live facial recognition! (And deeply ironic, given that their last post was a chipper link to a public survey, seeking the public's views about "the ways [they] communicate")

Areeq Chowdhury (@areeqchowdhury) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Live facial recognition surveillance in operation on Green Street, East London. Reminder that this is taking place despite opposition from Newham Council who unanimously voted to reject its use across the borough. What happened to policing by consent?

Live facial recognition surveillance in operation on Green Street, East London.

Reminder that this is taking place despite opposition from Newham Council who unanimously voted to reject its use across the borough. What happened to policing by consent?
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🆔"We've had a really proud history here in the UK of opposing mandatory ID proposals in the past. So by that metric it's difficult to imagine anything that's less British than this so-called 'Britcard'" Rebecca Vincent tells Times Radio

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🇬🇧The rapid expansion of live facial recognition technology across the UK raises urgent questions about civil liberties and democratic freedoms. - Madeleine Stone of Big Brother Watch on the dangers of live facial recognition technology 🔗web.civicus.org/Madeleine-Stone #CIVICUSLens

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👁️Facial recognition FAIL 🧻A woman in Manchester was FALSELY accused of stealing toilet roll in a Home Bargains store using facial recognition provided by Facewatch Ms Horan is one of over 35 people who have been in touch with us after being wrongly flagged by facial

👁️Facial recognition FAIL

🧻A woman in Manchester was FALSELY accused of stealing toilet roll in a Home Bargains store using facial recognition provided by <a href="/Facewatch/">Facewatch</a>

Ms Horan is one of over 35 people who have been in touch with us after being wrongly flagged by facial
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With police often too busy to tackle shoplifting, many retailers are turning to facial recognition software to protect their staff and shops from criminals. But what happens when it goes wrong? Danielle Horan was wrongly flagged as a shoplifter in the facial recognition

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👁️ Danielle was WRONGLY blacklisted from a Home Bargains shop after she was falsely added to a facial recognition watchlist "There are secretive blacklists that people don't even know they're on" - Madeleine Stone This morning, we told millions of Britons on Good Morning Britain about the

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My brilliant partner Izzie Jones's work has been nominated for a Future of Media award! Check out GameCentral for all your video-based gaming journalism needs ⌨️👾📹🎮 pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/dig…

Liberty (@libertyhq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Facial recognition tech is being rolled out at Notting Hill carnival... again Police have historically used this tech against communities of colour and it's been known to misidentify Black people WHY are there no govt safeguards on its use? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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What would the British public pay to avoid the country becoming a China style surveillance state..? If everyone reading this chipped in £4 we could continue this legal battle - and we really could win Thanks SO MUCH if you’ve backed this so far 💪

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Join the fight against live facial recognition! This is a critical moment to rein in the massive expansion of LFR in the UK, and we can't back down now. Every donation helps 🫶

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Hugely cheered by this generous response to our Crowdfunder! Over £30k raised in one day to fight facial recognition in court. Can you help us make it to £70k by the end of the week? 🙏 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-…