On October 10, 2025, the BigBrotherAwards were presented for the 25th time at the Hechelei Bielefeld. At the gala, we honored the worst cases of data protection and fundamental rights violations.
New this year: our new jury member Elisabeth Niekrenz and guest speaker Katharina Just. In addition, TecKids contributed their own entries for the first time. The event was hosted by Ralph Caspers (known from the TV show “Sendung mit der Maus”).
19:25 – Technology: Gemini (Frank Rosengart)
32:52 – Authorities & Administration: Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (Elisabeth Niekrenz)
49:19 – Workplace: Administrative Court Hannover and Federal Labour Court (Katharina Just)
1:12:44 – Social Media: TikTok (Dr. Thilo Weichert)
1:47:56 – “What really makes me angry:” Cutting Bureaucracy (Rena Tangens)
Further highlights of the Big Brother Awards 2025:
10:45 – 25 years BigBrotherAwards – a review with Rena Tangens and padeluun
45:06 – 1st set of the Rootbirds
1:02:35 – Speech by Ingo Behrens, President of the Administrative Court of Hanover
1:27:38 – 2nd set of the Rootbirds
1:31:58 – Contributions from the Teckids
2:07:23 – Leena Simon on the Fediverse and ‘Fediforschung’
More information and all texts: bigbrotherawards.de/en/2025
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Recut of the livestream: Melanie Lübbert, Digitalcourage, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aufzeichnung der Verleihungsgala mit deutscher Original-Audiospur](https://digitalcourage.video/w/jWdySiRWEsxXX3mG31JpVm)