https://digitalcourage.video/videos/watch/aeddf580-3821-45e7-a3aa-e88527c293cc Anyone who surveils, stores or snoops gets an award from us: At the BigBrotherAwards, we honour companies, government agencies, organisations, politicians and technologies that are particularly thorough when it comes to invading our privacy, misusing data or making surveillance socially acceptable. This is the full recording of the BigBrotherAwards 2026, held on 25 September 2026 at the Hechelei in Ravensberger Park in Bielefeld, Germany. The gala is hosted by Ralph Caspers. The award speeches are delivered by members of the BigBrotherAwards jury, Elisabeth Niekrenz, Dr Thilo Weichert, Frank Rosengart and Rena Tangens, as well as guest laudator Ralf Bendrath. “Slam poet” padeluun also takes the stage, and the Teckids once again contribute a programme of their own. The BigBrotherAwards have been going strong since 2000. With this negative privacy award, we highlight what data leeches would rather keep in the dark. The French newspaper Le Monde therefore called the BigBrotherAwards the “Oscars for data leeches”. Chapters 00:00 Opening 00:10 padeluun: “The Total Account” 06:15 Welcome by Ralph Caspers 08:00 What are the BigBrotherAwards? Who is Digitalcourage? 10:20 How are the awards decided? 13:40 Support Digitalcourage 14:10 BigBrotherAward: Civil Society Northern Protestant Church Laudation: Dr. Thilo Weichert 27:10 Talk with Leena Simon: Alternatives to Big Tech and the Fediverse 32:10 BigBrotherAward: Technology Fielmann & Apollo Optik Laudation: Elisabeth Niekrenz 42:25 Introducing the band 43:55 Music 47:25 BigBrotherAward: Europe/EU Digital Omnibus Laudation: Ralf Bendrath 58:15 Talk: There is still hope! 58:45 What the BigBrotherAwards have achieved 1:03:45 Music 1:07:15 BigBrotherAward: Authorities & Administration Federal Minister of the Interior, Alexander Dobrindt Laudation: Frank Rosengart 1:17:25 Teckids 1:18:40 Teckids presentation 1:22:20 Talk with the Teckids 1:26:20 BigBrotherAward: Preventive Deutsche Telekom Laudation: Rena Tangens 1:37:40 Support Digitalcourage and become a member 1:39:00 BigBrotherAwards public viewing events 1:40:40 Looking back at the BigBrotherAwards 2026 1:43:10 Looking ahead to the next BigBrotherAwards April 2028 1:44:40 Thanks and farewell 1:47:10 Group photo 1:47:40 Credits More about the BigBrotherAwards All award recipients, full laudations, sources, background information and updates: bigbrotherawards.de/en/2026 More about the BigBrotherAwards: bigbrotherawards.de/en The BigBrotherAwards are organised by Digitalcourage Our research, the gala and our independent work are made possible mainly through donations and voluntary work. Support Digitalcourage: digitalcourage.de/donate #BigBrotherAwards #BBA26 #Privacy #Surveillance #Digitalcourage Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:51:38 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://digitalcourage.video https://digitalcourage.video/lazy-static/avatars/873b784d-3e18-4a2c-b5e7-e17f01157ea3.png https://digitalcourage.video/videos/watch/aeddf580-3821-45e7-a3aa-e88527c293cc All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://digitalcourage.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.