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Eli Pariser is an American author, activist, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his work on online privacy and the digital divide. He is the co-founder of Upworthy, a media company that curates and shares content to promote social good. He is also the author of The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You, a book about the dangers of personalization on the internet.
Pariser was born on December 17, 1980 in Lincolnville, Maine. He attended Harvard University, where he studied philosophy and computer science. After graduating in 2003, he worked as a research assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
In 2011, Pariser co-founded Upworthy, a media company that curates and shares content to promote social good. He served as the company's CEO until 2014, when he stepped down to focus on his writing and activism.
Pariser is the author of The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You, a book about the dangers of personalization on the internet. He has also written for The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.
As of 2021, Eli Pariser's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.
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In 2018, with Professor Talia Stroud, he began work on Civic Signals, with the goal of creating more “public-friendly” online spaces, a concept described in his 2019 Ted Talk. Civic Signals is a project of the National Conference on Citizenship. He is currently an affiliate of the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, a Langfield Visiting Resident at Princeton University, and an Omidyar Fellow at the New America.He is also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by Reporters Without Borders.
Anticipating the dangers of a hyper-personalized Internet, Pariser introduced the term “filter bubble” to the lexicon in his 2011 New York Times bestselling book, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You. Bill Gates, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and other internet luminaries have since expressed concern about the phenomenon, and his 2011 TED talk on the topic now has over 5 million views. In 2012, he co-founded Upworthy, a media company designed to make civically important ideas popular, with Peter Koechley. Within two years, Upworthy had over 80 million monthly visitors.
Pariser joined Moveon.org in November 2001, when founders Wes Boyd and Joan Blades invited him to merge his efforts with theirs. During the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, Pariser co-created the Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest and raised over $30 million from small donors to run ads and back Democratic and progressive candidates. Writing for The New York Times Magazine in 2003, journalist George Packer referred to MoveOn as the "mainstream" element of what "may be the fastest-growing protest movement in American history." Pariser was the Executive Director of MoveOn.org from 2004 to 2008 and since 2008 has been Board President.
Eli Pariser (born December 17, 1980) is an author, activist, and entrepreneur focused on how to make technology and media serve democracy. He became executive director of MoveOn.org in 2004, where he helped pioneer the practice of online citizen engagement. He is the co-founder of Upworthy, a website for meaningful viral content, and Avaaz, a large, global citizen's organization. His bestselling book, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You, introduced the term “filter bubble” to the lexicon. He is currently an Omidyar Fellow at the New America and co-directs the Civic Signals project at the National Conference on Citizenship.
Pariser was born on December 17, 1980, the son of Dora Lievow of Camden, Maine and Emanuel Pariser of Waterville, Maine. He grew up in Lincolnville, Maine, and in 2000 graduated summa cum laude from Bard College at Simon's Rock with a B.A. in law and political science. In 2005, he returned to Simon's Rock to give the commencement speech. Pariser is married to Gena Konstantinakos.