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Encyclopedia > Big Brother Awards
Big Brother Award ("If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.")

The Big Brother Awards recognize "the government and private sector organizations...which have done the most to threaten personal privacy". It is awarded by Privacy International, and generally the ceremony is at the annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference. It is named after the George Orwell character Big Brother from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Privacy International (PI) has been instrumental in establishing the modern international privacy movement. ... The Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference (aka CFP, or the Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy) is an annual conference held in the United States. ... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... Big Brother as portrayed in the BBCs 1954 production of Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... Nineteen Eighty-Four (commonly written as 1984) is a dystopian novel by the English writer George Orwell, published in 1949. ...


Countries

The following countries have their own version of the Big Brother Awards

Note : The Australian Big Brother Awards have no relationship to the Big Brother TV programme with a similar name. ... The Big Brother Awards (Czech Republic) is the Czech version of the Big Brother Award. ... The Big Brother Awards (Germany) is the German version of the Big Brother Award. ... The Big Brother Award (United States of America) is the American version of the international Big Brother Award. ...

See also

The Brandeis Award recognizes those have done exemplary work to protect and champion privacy. ...

External links

  • Tracks developments as the US and world speed toward a Big Brother society
  • Privacy International's page about it
  • International Website about the Big Brother Awards
  • Big Brother Award (Italy)


 
 

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