Silkie Carlo (born 1989)[1] has been the director of the British civil liberties NGO Big Brother Watch since 2018.[2]

Carlo attended Brighton Girls School. She worked on the defence fund for Edward Snowden[3] and appears in the 2020 American documentary film Coded Bias.[4] With Arjen Kamphuis, she co-authored Information Security for Journalists, commissioned by the Centre for Investigative Journalism.[5][6] She has been an organizer of CryptoParty events in London.[5][7][8][9]

Before starting her role at Big Brother Watch in January 2018, she worked at the human rights organisation Liberty.[2] She was Senior Advocacy Officer, led work on Technology and Human Rights, and drove a legal challenge to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Silkie Carlo | About". Technology & Human Rights. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Cunliffe, Rachel (19 April 2021). "Big Brother Watch's Silkie Carlo: "The rule of law has broken down"". New Statesman. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Cunliffe, Rachel (19 April 2021). "Big Brother Watch's Silkie Carlo: "The rule of law has broken down"". New Statesman. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Coded Bias (2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Silkie Carlo". The Centre for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Information Security for Journalists". FreeTechBooks. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ↑ ""Coded Bias" Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion". Imperial College London. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "london [CryptoParty.]". www.cryptoparty.in. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "london:cpldn [CryptoParty.]". www.cryptoparty.in. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  10. ↑ Carlo, Silkie (26 April 2017). "With the Snoopers' Charter, Our Digital Security Is Under Attack in the Name of Total Surveillance". Huffington Post. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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