People For Internet Responsibility
Encyclopedia
The People For Internet Responsibility (PFIR) is a global, ad hoc
network of individuals concerned about the operations, development, management, and regulation of the Internet
in responsible ways, co-founded by Lauren Weinstein
and Peter G. Neumann
.
Ad hoc
Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning "for this". It generally signifies a solution designed for a specific problem or task, non-generalizable, and not intended to be able to be adapted to other purposes. Compare A priori....
network of individuals concerned about the operations, development, management, and regulation of the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
in responsible ways, co-founded by Lauren Weinstein
Lauren Weinstein (technology expert)
Lauren Weinstein is an activist concerned with matters involving technology.He has been quoted as an expert on Internet and other technology issues by various media. He became involved with those issues in the early 1970s at the first site on the ARPANET, which was located at UCLA...
and Peter G. Neumann
Peter G. Neumann
Peter G. Neumann is a researcher who has worked on the Multics operating system in the 1960s. He edits the Computer Risks columns for ACM Software Engineering Notes and Communications of the ACM. He founded ACM SIGSOFT and is a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE and AAAS.He studied at Harvard University ,...
.