Bits of Freedom

Bits of Freedom organizes the Dutch version of the Big Brother Awards, initiated European cooperation between digital rights watch foundations in European Digital Rights (EDRI) and collects information about data leaks in the Netherlands to raise awareness of the potential dangers of increasing collection of data.

The Multatuli Project, subtitled ISP Notice and take down, was the title of an experiment done by members of the Bits of Freedom group in the summer of 2004.

[1][2] The group uploaded excerpts from Multatuli to websites hosted at 10 different Dutch ISPs, content which has been in the public domain since 1957.

To raise awareness of privacy-related issues, Bits of Freedom holds annual Big Brother Awards.

This prize is awarded to businesses, governmental institutions and persons who have harmed privacy or increased civilian surveillance in the past year.