The BigBrotherAward in the Technology category goes to Google for the AI assistant Gemini, which is now clandestinely, but compulsorily installed on Android smartphones. Gemini has access to wide-ranging usage and communication…

The BigBrotherAward 2025 in the category Authorities and Administration goes to the Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt for his so-called Security Package, which envisions wide-ranging use of face-search engines. Dobrindt…

The BigBrotherAward in the Workplace category 2025 goes to the Administrative Court Hannover and the Federal Labour Court for drastic miscarriages of justice in cases against Amazon. The Administrative Court Hannover approved of…

The BigBrotherAward 2025 in the “Social Media” Category goes to TikTok for violations of privacy; spreading of fake news and hate speech; manipulating people with respect to their political convictions, their values and their…

In the “young & surveilled” category at the BigBrotherAwards 2025, the youth organisation Teckids points out two problems from young people’s digital life experience.

Deregulation is a poisoned word. It suggests a reduction of bureaucracy that benefits us citizens, because everything becomes simpler and the economy is stimulated. But actually, behind this word is a very different development…