Dan Meredith
| Dan Meredith | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Dan Blah |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Director, Open Technology Fund |
| Employer | Radio Free Asia |
Dan Meredith, also known as Dan Blah, is a Internet freedom supporter,[1] journalist,[2] technologist,[3] and media activist.[4][5] He is currently the founding Director of the Open Technology Fund, a U.S. Government funded program created in 2012 at Radio Free Asia to support global Internet freedom, privacy-enhancing technologies, and Internet censorship circumvention technologies.[6][7] Meredith joined Al Jazeera's Transparency Unit in 2011,[8] led by Clayton Swisher,[9] where he increased communication security between investigative field journalists and their sources.[2][10] He was an early part of the Open Technology Institute in 2009, led by Sascha Meinrath.[11] While at OTI, Meredith was involved with: The "Internet in a Suitcase" project, a U.S. Department of State funded effort to create ad hoc mesh wireless technologies;[3] collaborated with Philadelphia community organizers to secure $11.8 million USD from the federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program;[12] and, worked on Network Neutrality court cases Hart v. Comcast and Comcast Corp. v. FCC with Robb Topolski,[13] who discovered Comcast blocking Bittorrent traffic in 2007.[14] Meredith was a co-founder and Senior Network Engineer of the CUWiN Foundation, a non-profit launched in 2000 that aimed to develop "decentralized, community-owned networks that foster democratic cultures and local content".[15] He was an active Indymedia volunteer throughout the mid 2000s at the Champaign-Urbana Independent Media Center (UCIMC) and it's low power FM radio station, Radio Free Urbana WRFU-LP.[4][16] Meredith joined the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative as an inaugural appointee to its Advisory Board in 2014.[17]
References
- ↑ "BBG Leadership In Brussels For Internet Freedom Discussions". Broadcasting Board of Governors. Broadcasting Board of Governors. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- 1 2 "SIM deadline to silence Nigeria?". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 29 Sep 2011.
- 1 2 James Glanz and John Markoff (June 12, 2011). "U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- 1 2 Gillespie, Joel. "Dan Blah opens up about IMC Fest". Smile Politely. Smile Politely. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
- ↑ Judkis, Maura. "In D.C., private 'bucket list' dreams become public art". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ↑ Harris, Shane; Hudson, John. "Not Even the NSA Can Crack the State Dept's Favorite Anonymous Network" (The Cable). Foreign Policy Magazine. Retrieved Oct 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Open Technology Fund Team". Open Technology Fund. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "About the Transparency Unit". Al Jazeera Transparency Unit. Al Jazeera Network. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "Clayton Swisher". AlJazeera.com. Al Jazeera Media Network. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "Dan Meredith a.k.a. Dan Blah's Resume / C.V.". Dan Blah dot com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "Dan Meredith: All Related Content". New America Foundation. New America Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Open Technology Initiative Helps Bring $11.8 Million for Broadband Adoption in Philadelphia". Newamerica.net. New America Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ Calabrese, Michael; Meinrath, Sascha; Lennett, Benjamin; Meredith, Dan; Topolski, Robb. "Reply Comments on Preserving Open Internet and Broadband Industry Practices". Newamerica.net. New America Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ Roth, Daniel. "The Dark Lord of Broadband Tries to Fix Comcast's Image". Condé Nast. Wired.com. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ↑ "CUWiN Core Staff". CUWiN on the Internet Archive. Archived from the original on April 20, 2007. Retrieved Apr 20, 2007.
- ↑ Dixon, Vince. "Urbana media center festival aims to raise funds". Illini Media. The Daily Illini. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
- ↑ "Core Infrastructure Initiative: Who's on the Advisory Board?". Linux Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2014.