UK Big Brother Awards TONIGHT! Mark Thomas names and shames privacy-bashers

The UK Big Brother Awards -- which present an Orwellian trophy of a boot stepping on a human face forever to egregious governmental and private-sector abusers of privacy -- are being held tonight! Free admission, no need to RSVP, loads of cheap drink, Mark Thomas standup routines, DJs spinning -- your basic techno-activist festival. I'll be there -- hope to see you too!

The event kicks off at the London School of Economics Student Union at 6:30PM, near the Aldwych and Holborn tube. The entrance to the Quad is through the Claire Market Building (Building C) on the right of Houghton Street (Directions, Map)

On July 28th 2004, Privacy International will stage the 6th annual UK Big Brother Awards to recognise the people and organisations that have done the most to devastate privacy & civil liberties in the UK.

Now an annual event in seventeen countries, Privacy International's Big Brother Awards bring together a rich and unique mix of all ideologies and backgrounds. This year, for the first time, the award night will be open to the general public. A space for a thousand people has been reserved at the London School of Economics, which is hosting the event on the night.

Link (Thanks, Ian!)