Open Rights Group

Summary

Open Rights Group is an advocacy group^[1]. It draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (advocacy_group category, ranking #52 of 249).^[2]

Key Facts

• Open Rights Group's field of work was law^[3].
• Open Rights Group's field of work was advocacy^[4].
• Open Rights Group's field of work was digital rights^[5].
• Open Rights Group's field of work was mass surveillance^[6].
• Open Rights Group's field of work was Internet censorship^[7].
• Open Rights Group's field of work was intellectual property right^[8].
• Open Rights Group was a member of European Digital Rights^[9].
• Open Rights Group is located in London^[10].
• Open Rights Group is in the country of United Kingdom^[11].
• Open Rights Group's instance of is recorded as advocacy group^[12].
• Open Rights Group's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[13].
• Open Rights Group's founder is recorded as Danny O'Brien^[14].
• Open Rights Group's founder is recorded as Cory Doctorow^[15].
• Open Rights Group's founder is recorded as Ian Brown^[16].
• Open Rights Group's founder is recorded as Rufus Pollock^[17].
• Open Rights Group's founder is recorded as James Cronin^[18].
• Open Rights Group's founder is recorded as Suw Charman-Anderson^[19].
• Open Rights Group's headquarters location is recorded as London^[20].
• Open Rights Group's Commons category is recorded as Open Rights Group^[21].
• 2005 marks the founding of Open Rights Group^[22].
• Open Rights Group's official website is recorded as http://openrightsgroup.org/^[23].
• Open Rights Group's sponsor is recorded as Neil Gaiman^[24].
• Open Rights Group's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom^[25].
• Open Rights Group's official blog URL is recorded as https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/^[26].
• Open Rights Group's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ORG'}^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Danny O'Brien^[14], Cory Doctorow^[15], Ian Brown^[16], Rufus Pollock^[17], James Cronin^[18], and Suw Charman-Anderson^[19]. 2005 marks the founding of Open Rights Group^[22].

Identity

Open Rights Group's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ORG'}^[27].

Leadership

Board members include James Cronin^[28], a researcher^[29]; John Elliott^[30], a historian^[31], 1930–2022^[32], of United Kingdom^[33], awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences^[34], specialised in hispanism^[35]; Hannah Little^[36], a researcher^[37]; Alec Muffett^[38], an engineer^[39], b. 1968^[40], of United States^[41]; Brian Parkinson^[42], a psychologist^[43], b. 2000^[44], specialised in psychology^[45]; and Simon Phipps^[46], a computer scientist^[47].

Operations

Open Rights Group's headquarters location is recorded as London^[20].

Industry

Fields of work include law^[3], a field of work^[48]; advocacy^[4], an occupation^[49]; digital rights^[5], in Costa Rica^[50]; mass surveillance^[6], a human behavior^[51]; Internet censorship^[7]; and intellectual property right^[8], a rights and privileges^[52].

Why It Matters

Open Rights Group draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (advocacy_group category, ranking #52 of 249).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[53] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[54]