The Jury

Rena Tangens is an artist and a co-founder of Digitalcourage. When she gets her teeth into a topic, she doesn't let go quickly. Her knowledge goes deep – and she knows how to anticipate tomorrow in today's world with yesterday's experiences.

padeluun is one of Digitalcourage’s founders. He experimented with public networked communication as early as the late 1980s. Together with Rena Tangens, he developed concepts of how communication can succeed – and failed grandiosely in the face of the concentrated financial power of the “Internet corporations,” which were able to destroy communication with a lot of money but, clueless as they were, were unable to build anything useful.

Thilo Weichert is a former data protection commissioner of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, a board member of Deutsche Vereinigung für Datenschutz (DVD – an independent civil rights association that promotes data protection issues in Germany and Europe), and a data protection expert at Netzwerk Datenschutzexpertise.

Peter Wedde is Professor of Industrial Law and Information Society Law at the Frankfurt University of Applied Science, as well as editor and author.

The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is the largest hackers association in Europe and has been a mediator in the exciting field of technological and social developments for more than thirty years. The club’s activities range from technical research and explorations at the edge of the tech universe via campaigns, events, policy advice, press releases and publications to providing tools for anonymity and communication The club consists of several decentralised local associations and groups. CCC communicates its positions using diverse publication channels and always seeks to exchange with technologically and socially interested and like-minded people. It also demands and furthers people’s enjoyment of their device, bringing the principles of the hacker ethic to life. Frank Rosengart is a member of the BigBrotherAwards jury since 2002.