Silkie Carlo (born 1989) has been the director of the British civil liberties NGO Big Brother Watch since 2018. She worked on the defence fund for Edward Snowden and appears in the 2020 American documentary film ''

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''. With Arjen Kamphuis, she co-authored ''Information Security for Journalists'', commissioned by the

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. She has been an organizer of

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events in London. Before starting her role at Big Brother Watch in January 2018, she worked at the human rights organisation

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. She was Senior Advocacy Officer, led work on Technology and Human Rights, and drove a legal challenge to the

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