Electronic Frontier Foundation
ABSTRACT
The Electronic Frontier Foundation honored three Pioneer award winners. The online civil liberties group chose to honor Dan Gillmor for his commitment to accurate and cutting edge reporting on cybertech issues; Beth Givens for her dedicated work in fighting for consumers' privacy rights and in raising public awareness on privacy issues; and the DeCSS Writers for their pioneering work on the pivotal program that enabled the development of a DVD player that runs on the Linux operating system. Since 1991, the EFF Pioneer Awards have recognized individuals who have made significant and influential contributions to the development of computer-mediated communications or to the empowerment of individuals in using computers and the Internet.
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- EEF Pioneer Awards
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