Derek Slater
Policy Analyst, Google, Inc., Mountain View

Derek Slater is a Policy Analyst on Google's public policy team. He focuses principally on telecom policy and copyright law.

Prior to joining Google in September 2007, he was the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Activism Coordinator, helping the public take action to defend their digital rights. Along with crafting papers and blogposts for EFF's website and newsletter, he coordinated grassroots organizing and helped EFF's members make their voices heard in regulatory and legislative bodies. Derek joined EFF's staff after graduating in January 2006 from Harvard College, where he was a researcher at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Derek was the first undergraduate to be named a student fellow of the Center and contributed to several papers on digital media. His work has been discussed in the Washington Post, News.com, and the Boston Globe. Along with authoring his own blog, he has contributed to other sites including  Paidcontent.org.