29th May 2024, 5.00 – 6.30pm
Birmingham Law School (in person only)
From the Snowden leaks to the growth of automated and algorithmic intelligence gathering, we know that the intelligence agencies do much of their work ‘in the dark’ resisting scrutiny. But transparency is important for accountability and democracy. How much is enough transparency to hold intelligence agencies to account? How much should the public be able to know about how our Government shares intelligence with other nations? Is intelligence transparency necessary and desirable?
Join Dr Lydia Morgan for a public discussion with Jonah Mendelson (Lawyer & Legal Officer, Privacy International) and Anthony Zacharzewski (President of Democratic Society) on the importance of transparency in intelligence collection and sharing. We will cover topics from the recent amendments to the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act 2016 and legal challenges to bulk data collection and their oversight regimes, to the Five Eyes Intelligence Sharing Alliance, the limits of publicly accessible information on intelligence work and intelligence sharing and alternative approaches to accountability where information is limited.
The talk will last approximately 1 hour, followed by a short 30 minute Q&A.
The event is free but booking is required: https://forms.office.com/e/qEw6gZFbGQ