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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

It educated policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues.

Since 1981

CPSR incubated numerous projects such as Privaterra, the Public Sphere Project, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the 21st Century Project, the Civil Society Project, and the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. Founded by U.S. computer scientists at Stanford University and Xerox PARC, CPSR had members in over 30 countries on six continents. CPSR was a non-profit 501.c.3 organization registered in California. When CPSR was established, it was concerned solely about the use of computers in warfare.

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1981
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