FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Open Rights Group is the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, working to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech online.
We fight for a fair digital environment where technology supports justice, equality and freedom. We campaign, lobby, go to court – whatever it takes to challenge restrictions to our human rights.
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40k+
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The number of cities in the UK with active ORG local groups
£33k+
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Free expression online
04 Jul 2025 By Sara Chitseko
Banning Palestine Action: How the UK Government is Silencing Dissent
The proscription of Palestine Action will come into effect on Saturday unless the High Court issues a temporary block on the order today.
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Digital Privacy
18 Jun 2025 By Alberico Ricci
Automated Hiring and Firing: How the Data Act will harm gig workers
The Data Use and Access (DUA) Act, which was finally passed last week, could particularly impact the estimated 4.
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Digital Privacy
13 May 2025 By Mariano delli Santi
Data Bill: First They Came for Trans People
On May 12, the Data (Use and Access) Bill, also known as the UK data protection reform, came back to the House of Lords for what was supposed to be its final stage.
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Mass Surveillance
01 May 2025 By Sara Chitseko
Why ‘Predictive’ Policing Must be Banned
The UK Government is trying to use algorithms to predict which people are most likely to become killers using sensetive personal data of hundreds of thousands of people.
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