BigBrotherAwards 2013

Radically decentralised

"Google must be broken up!", is the motto in 2013 (and it remains valid to this day). This unequivocal message in the "Global Data Collection" laudation by Rena Tangens and padeluun receives little attention at first, but it soon reaches its full effect when leading politicians repeat that phrase in 2014. Apple is another winner this year. Deutsche Post, the German Federal Police, and the premiers of the 16 German states are awarded as well.

The (unfortunate) Awardees 2013

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Global Data Acquisition (2013)

Google

The BigBrotherAward 2013 in the Category „Global Data Acquisition“ goes to Google Inc., Mountain View, USA. Under the guise of a search engine and other free-of-charge services, such as Maps, Docs and YouTube, the advertising…

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Rena Tangens padeluun

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Workplace (2013)

Apple

The BigBrotherAward 2013 in the “Workplace” category goes to Apple Retail GmbH in Munich, for their comprehensive video surveillance of employees. The company operates the Apple Stores in Germany. Inside sources say that not only…

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Prof. Dr. Peter Wedde

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Economy (2013)

Deutsche Post Adress

The BigBrotherAward 2013 in the Economics category goes to Deutsche Post Adress GmbH & Co KG. Millions of people in Germany each year supply data about their addresses and house moves to Deutsche Post, in thousands of post offices…

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Sönke Hilbrans

Etliche Polizeiautos stehen in einer Reihe (seitliche Ansicht).

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Government & Administration (2013)

Federal Police

The BigBrotherAward 2013 in the category “Government and Administration” goes to the Federal Police, represented by its president Dieter Romann, for police identity checks in which people are singled out of crowds on the basis of…

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Dr. Rolf Gössner

Collage: Portraitaufnahmen der sechzen Ministerpräsident.innen 2013.

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Politics (2013)

Minister-Presidents

The BigBrotherAward in the category Politics goes to the Minister-Presidents of the 16 German Federal States for establishing the Joint Licence Fee Service of [Germany’s public broadcasters] ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio…

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Frank Rosengart

Ein erhobener Zeigefinger in schwarz-weiß.

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Reprimands & Commendation (2013)

Reprimands

There were some “lucky losers” that didn’t make it to a full award speech, but which should not be left out completely. We also take a look at the current state of things of an award winner from 2011, Facebook.

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