Lauren Weinstein (technologist)

Lauren Weinstein ({{IPAc-en|'|w|aɪ|n|s|t|aɪ|n}})Weinstein says his own name in this {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070704092303/http://www.factsquad.org/radio/2004-05-12.mp3 podcast]}} from 2004. 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.{{cite web|title=Google: We're No NSA Stooge and We'll Prove It if the Feds Let Us|url=https://business.time.com/2013/06/11/google-were-no-nsa-stooge-and-well-prove-it-if-the-feds-let-us/#ixzz2a7gK73Awe|work=TIME Media Kit|publisher=Time Inc|access-date=26 July 2013|author=Time Inc|date=11 June 2013}}

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)[http://www.pfir.org/lauren Lauren Weinstein], [http://www.pfir.org/ People For Internet Responsibility] 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{{cite web | url=http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/522101 | title=Lauren Weinstein | publisher=Microsoft | work=Microsoft Academic Search | accessdate=December 14, 2011 }}

and an active blogger.{{cite web | url=http://lauren.vortex.com/ | title=Lauren Weinstein's blog | publisher=Vortex | work=lauren.vortex.com | accessdate=December 14, 2011 | author=Weinstein, Lauren}}