GCTIP Global Coalition for Transparent  Internet Performance

NNSquad Network Neutrality Squad

PFIR People for Internet Responsibility

PRIVACY Forum

Vortex Technology

Anyone interested in more information regarding Internet topics, privacy, and other issues relating to technology and society, including radio and television broadcast and press representatives working on particular shows or stories, or who are in need of background information, are invited to contact Lauren Weinstein, co-founder of PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility, co-founder and moderator of NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad -- and the founder of the PRIVACY Forum -- directly for interviews and/or information. He created the PRIVACY Forum in 1992, and has been involved with Internet and other technology issues for over 40 years, including at the first site on the ARPANET (the ancestor of the Internet), which was located at UCLA.  Lauren is also the founder of the new Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance - GCTIP. Lauren is quoted as an expert on the above issues by a wide range of newspaper and magazine articles, and participates in numerous local and network radio and television news programs, talk shows, and other venues where these issues are under discussion.

Lauren on the way to the office Lauren's BLOG

Lauren hosts the "DayThink" audio features, "Fact Squad Radio", authors the satire/commentary "Reality Reset" columns, and has also hosted the "Vortex Reality Report & Unreality Trivia Quiz". He has been a frequent commentator on the "Morning Edition" program from NPR (National Public Radio), and a columnist for Wired News. Lauren is a member of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Committee on Computers and Public Policy, and is based in Los Angeles.