Big Brother Awards

The Big Brother Awards (BBAs) recognize "the government and private sector organizations ... which have done the most to threaten personal privacy".

They are named after the George Orwell character Big Brother from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

The first annual US Big Brother Awards were made at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference in Washington, D.C., on 7 April 1999, the 50th anniversary of the publication of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

"[4] The awards were given in five categories: Greatest Corporate Invader, Lifetime Menace, Most Invasive Program, People's Choice, and Worst Public Official.

[5] The following countries have their own version of the Big Brother Awards: This award-related article is a stub.