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David Robinson founded Upturn, a tech-policy consultancy that focuses on civil rights and social justice. In this episode he talks about getting Google to ban predatory "payday loan" advertisements and how he came to focus on public interest work at the intersection of law and technology. Music: "Fate" and "Sometimes Thing's Don't Go As Planned" by Marquice Turner on Soft Dreams, available at the FMA http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Marquice_Turner/Soft_Dreams/

Evan Greer talks to us about her work as a musician, and as campaign director for Fight For The Future, the non-profit that organized the massive 2012 campaign against SOPA/PIPA. We talk about how Fight For The Future approaches issue campaigning, and why shifting cultural paradigms are more important than winning legal battles. Finally, Evan discusses the opposition: the incumbent powers at play, how they stifle the free and open internet, and what can be done to stop them.

Transmedia artist Rosemarie Lerner discusses how her interactive documentary and archival project is giving a voice to the survivors of Peru's State-sponsored forced sterilization program from the 1990’s.

Amnesty International's Milena Marin talks about the use of “microtasking” to document human rights abuses.

Lawyer and activist Wendy Seltzer explains how victims of copyright are using Lumen Database to help researchers chart out the negative impacts of these takedown notices

When there's a refugee crisis in Syria & climate change, why care about digital rights? In this episode Drew talks with Cory Doctorow about social change in the age of the internet.

In this episode of NetPosi, Drew talks with Zak Rogoff about the free software movement and how it relates to other social movements that are critical of centralized power

First episode of NetPositive, where we talk about activism and technology. Subscribe here or go to http://NetPosi.com. If you or someone you know is interested in talking with us, get in touch at info@netposi.com