Eli Pariser

Eli Pariser is an author, activist, and entrepreneur. He has stated that his focus is "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 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 New America and co-directs the Civic Signals project at the National Conference on Citizenship.

17 December 1980

Born on the same birth date (17 December 1980): Alexandra Papageorgiou • Ryan Hunter-Reay • Suzy Batkovic

Born on the same birth day (17 December): Alan Voorhees • Arthur Fiedler • Bernard Hill • Craig Reid (footballer, born 1985) • Doyle Conner • Eugene (wrestler) • Jordan Rankin • Kenneth Dike • Konstadinos Gatsioudis • Muhammadu Buhari • Paul Cadmus • Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna • Stan Mudenge • Susanthika Jayasinghe • William Safire • Émilie du Châtelet

Born in the same month (December 1980): Alexandra Papageorgiou • Alison McGovern • Ashley Cole • Brian Cook (basketball) • Carsten Schlangen • Christina Aguilera • Dahntay Jones • Danish Kaneria • Eliza Dushku • Ibrahim Maalouf • Jesse Carlson • Joel Ward (ice hockey) • Kristjan Kitsing • Lomana LuaLua • Marcus Trufant • Marla Sokoloff • Mohammad Kaif • Ryan Hunter-Reay • Ryta Turava • Sarah Chang • Serge Pizzorno • Steve Lovell • Tomas Kalnoky • Yuliya Krevsun