Eli Pariser

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Eli Pariser is a left-wing political and internet activist, the chief executive of Upworthy, a website for viral content, and he is the board president of MoveOn.org and a co-founder of Avaaz.org.

Career
In 2001, Pariser raised over 30 million dollars to help Democratic and Progressive political candidates with their races. He was the Executive Director of MoveOn.org from 2004 to 2008 and since 2008 has been the sitting Board President of the same organization.

Pariser noticed that based on a user's past Internet search history, the results of search engine queries would be such that liberal leaning individuals would receive different results than those that are conservative leaning. This discover led to Pariser defining the term filter bubble, a danger that people do not get exposed to viewpoints different from their own.

Writings
Eli Pariser, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You, Penguin Press (New York, May 2011)

Reference
1.    Eli Pariser. (2018, April 14). Retrieved April 16, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Pariser

2.    "Bianca Bosker (2011-03-07). "Facebook, Google Giving Us Information Junk Food, Eli Pariser Warns". Huffpost Tech. Retrieved 2018-03-29. When it comes to content, Google and Facebook are offering us too much candy, and not enough carrots.

3.     ''"First Monday: What's on tap this month on TV and in movies and books: The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser". USA Today. 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-29. Pariser explains that feeding us only what is familiar and comfortable to us closes us off to new ideas, subjects and important information.''