BigBrotherAwards 2020

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Rescheduled, but still remembered

In the first Covid year, the BigBrotherAwards gala has to be moved to the early autumn. Bad luck for the Minister for Education in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg – she is added to the six winners already chosen for the original April date: Tesla, BrainCo, the German government, H&M, the Interior Minister in Brandenburg, and the Conference of Interior Ministers. Their award for historical amnesia was also selected for the audience award.

The (unfortunate) Awardees 2020

Die Front eines Teslas. Darüber und darunter der Text: „Tesla-Autos überwachen den öffentlichen Raum“.

Image:Collage von Digitalcourage CC-BY 4.0

Mobility (2020)

Tesla

Tesla Inc., represented by Tesla Germany GmbH in Munich, receives the BigBrotherAward 2020 in the “Mobility” Category for marketing cars that extensively and perpetually surveil their passengers and car surroundings. The data…

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Dr. Thilo Weichert

Eine Autobahn, im Vordergrund der Text: „Brandenburg speichert grundlos 40.000.000 Nummernschilder.“

Image:Collage von Claudia Fischer CC-BY 4.0

Authorities & Administration (2020)

Brandenburg Interior Minister

The BigBrotherAward 2020 in the “Authorities & Administration” Category goes to the Interior Minister of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Michael Stübgen, and his predecessor Karl-Heinz Schröter for permanently storing vehicle…

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Frank Rosengart

Ein Gehirn mit einem Stirnband aus Plastik. Davor die Logos von BrainCo und des Leibniz Wissenschaftscampus.

Image:Collage von Dennis Blomeyer, Gehirn: _DJ_CC-BY-SA 2.0 Source

Education (2020)

BrainCo company and Leibniz Science Campus Tübingen

The company BrainCo receives the BBA in the “Education” category for its EEG headbands, which can allegedly measure students’ attention by their brain activity. The attention level is signalled by an LED on the headband and…

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Rena Tangens

Collage: Links ein Foto von Angela Merkel mit dem Koalitionsvertrag in der Hand, rechts zwei Soldat.innen vor mehreren Bildschirmen. Darüber der Text: „Drohnen-Angriffe via Ramstein stoppen!“.

Image:Collage von Dennis Blomeyer, Foto links: Sandro Halank CC-BY-SA 3.0 Source

Politics (2020)

German Federal Government

The BigBrotherAward 2020 in the Category “Politics” goes to The German Federal Government (supported by the coalition of the parties CDU/CSU and SPD), represented by the Chancellor, Angela Merkel (CDU), for its joint legal and…

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Dr. Rolf Gössner

Image:Kultusministerium Baden-Württemberg Source

Digitalisation (2020)

Minister of Education of Baden-Württemberg, Susanne Eisenmann

The education minister of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Susanne Eisenmann, receives the BigBrotherAward in the “Education” category because she intends to let Microsoft run essential services of the state’s digital…

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Leena Simon

Schaufensterfront einer H&M-Filiale mit geöffneten Türen.

Image:Marco Verch CC-BY 2.0 Source

Workplace (2020)

Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)

H&M Hennes & Mauritz B.V. & Co. KG in Hamburg receives the BigBrotherAward 2020 in the “Workplace” category for the long-standing, devious and illegal processing of employee data at the H&M customer centre in Nuremberg. H&M has…

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Prof. Dr. Peter Wedde

Detailaufnahmer eines Briefs mit der persönlichen Steueridentifikationsnummer.

Image:Dennis Blomeyer CC-BY 4.0

Historical Amnesia (2020)

Conference of interior ministers of the German federal states

The conference of interior ministers of the German federal states receives the BigBrotherAward 2020 in the “Historical Amnesia” Category for their intention to create a life-long personal identification number based on the tax…

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