Lauren Weinstein (technologist)

For other people named Lauren Weinstein, see Lauren Weinstein (disambiguation).

Lauren Weinstein is an American activist concerned with matters involving technology.

He has been quoted as an expert on Internet and other technology issues by various media.[1]

He became involved with those issues in the early 1970s at the first site on the ARPANET, which was located at UCLA. He was the co-founder of People For Internet Responsibility (PFIR)[2] and the co-founder of URIICA — the Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis.

Weinstein has been a columnist for Wired News and a commentator on NPR's (National Public Radio) "Morning Edition". He is also a frequent contributor to the "Inside Risks" column of the Communications of the ACM[3] and an active blogger.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Time Inc (11 June 2013). "Google: We're No NSA Stooge and We'll Prove It if the Feds Let Us". TIME Media Kit. Time Inc. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Lauren Weinstein, People For Internet Responsibility.
  3. ↑ "Lauren Weinstein". Microsoft Academic Search. Microsoft. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ Weinstein, Lauren. "Lauren Weinstein's blog". Vortex. Retrieved December 14, 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)


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