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Big Brother Is Watching
Episode 5 of 5
Timothy Garton Ash examines how threats to privacy affect freedom of speech.
It is often said that our right to free speech is balanced by our right to privacy. Timothy Garton Ash asks how we should strike the right balance between the two. In a world where we are sharing more of our lives online than ever before, should we accept that our privacy rights are no longer as important?
Producer: Nina Robinson
(Illustration by Luis Ruibal).
Last on
Fri 15 Apr 201613:45
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 15 Apr 201613:45BBC Radio 4
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