Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Pioneer Awards Honor Internet Luminaries

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<h4>For Immediate Release Monday, March 5, 2001</h4>

<h1>Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Pioneer Awards Honor Internet Luminaries</h1>

<h2>Ennis, Finkelstein, and Perrin Presented Awards at EFF\'s Tenth Annual Pioneer Awards Ceremony</h2>

<h4>Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release</h4>


<P>
Monday, March 5, 2001, Boston, MA -- The ceremony for EFF\'s Tenth Annual
Pioneer Awards will take place at the New England Aquarium on March 8,
2001,
in conjunction with the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference this
week
in Cambridge, MA.  The online civil liberties group chose to honor Bruce
Ennis, in appreciation of his lifelong commitment to the legal defense of
free expression and the First Amendment; Seth Finkelstein, for his
dedication to raising the level of public awareness about the dangers to
free expression posed by Internet content blocking and labeling
systems; and
Stephanie Perrin, for her instrumental and long-term role in advancing
understanding and protection of privacy internationally and in her home
country
of Canada.
</P>
<P>
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.
</P>
<P>
<B>Bruce Ennis</B> -  Described by the legal press as one of the most
influential
attorneys in the country, Bruce Ennis devoted much of his life and
practice
to defending intellecual freedom.  Bruce argued many crucial First
Amendment
cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts, including the
landmark
free speech victory in ACLU v. Reno (the "Communications Decency
Act" case).
Sadly, Ennis passed away earlier this year, 
but his contributions to free
expression
and press in the Internet, news reporting, political and other spheres
live on.
</P>
<P>
<B>Seth Finkelstein</B> -  Anti-censorship activist and programmer Seth
Finkelstein
spent hundreds of unpaid and uncredited hours over several years to
decrypt and
expose to public scrutiny the secret contents of the most popular
censorware
blacklists.
Seth has been active in raising the level of public awareness about the
dangers that Internet content blocking software and rating/labeling
schemes pose to freedom of
communication. His work has armed many with information of great
assistance
in the fight against government mandated use of these systems.
</P>
<P>
<B>Stephanie Perrin</B> - internationally recognized privacy and freedom
of
information expert Perrin spent 5 years engineering Canada\'s inspiring new
privacy law (PIPEDA), among 15 years of important privacy and
cryptography policy work, and has bridged the government, nonprofit and
commercial sectors in privacy technology, policy, standards and education.
Perrin has also been involved in privacy protection issues at the global
scale, on the OECD Security and Privacy Committee, and made signifcant
contributions to understanding technical privacy protection issues.
</P>

<P>
"We, as a community of people respecting rights in technology, do not take
enough opportunity to honor our own," stated Shari Steele, Executive 
Director of
the Electronic Frontier Foundation.  "Bruce, Stephanie and Seth are shining
examples of the spirit and energy that makes good things happen.  We\'re
proud to present them with this year\'s Pioneer Awards."
</P>
<P>
The judges for this year\'s EFF Pioneer Awards were: Herb Brody (Senior
Editor, Technology Review) Whitfield Diffie (Distinguished Engineer, Sun
Microsystems) Moira Gunn (Host, "Tech Nation", National Public Radio) Donna
L. Hoffman (Associate Professor of Management, Vanderbilt University) Peter
G. Neumann (Principal Scientist, SRI Intl.; Moderator, ACM Risks Forum)
Drazen Pantic (Media & Tech. Director, NYU Center for War, Peace, & the News
Media) Barbara Simons (past President, Association for Computing Machinery,
& U.C. Berkeley Distinguished Alumnus) Karen G. Schneider (Technical
Director, Shenendehowa Public Library, NY)
</P>
<P>
The Tenth Annual EFF Pioneer Awards ceremony will be held on the evening of
March 8th, 2001, at the New England Aquarium. The ceremony and reception are
made possible by contributions from Guardent, Michael Golub and Mark Belden,
MEconomy, Inc, Organic, Inc, Privada, Inc., and Sun Microsystems.
</P>

<h3>Links:</h3>
<ul>
	<li><a href="https://www.eff.org/awards/pioneer/">EFF Pioneer Awards</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Contact:</h3>

<p>Katina Bishop<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; Electronic Frontier Foundation<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; katina&#64;&#101;&#102;&#102;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;</p>

<H3>About EFF:</H3>

<P>
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties
organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in
1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to
support free expression, privacy, and openness in the information
society. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of
the most linked-to Web sites in the world:
&nbsp; <A HREF="https://www.eff.org">https://www.eff.org</A>
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