Leaked documents from trade talks between the UK and US make it clear that our online interactions and digital products will be priorities for the negotiations. The UK grandly declares, “We do not want to just go back to existing [digital] trade texts, no matter how ambitious – we want to go beyond.”
Digital rights rose up the public agenda when it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica had harvested 50 million Facebook profiles and used them to influence US voters. What happens to our online profiles, browsing history and data collected by the NHS are hot topics.
What is worrying about these trade discussions is that they appear to be trying to close down our options for regulation.
