Evan Greer (she/they)

Evan Greer (she/they) is a trans activist, writer, and musician based in Boston. She's the director of digital rights group Fight for the Future and writes regularly about the intersection of tech policy and human rights for the Washington Post, Time, NBC News, Wired, and CNN. Her last album Spotify is Surveillance was released by Don Giovanni Records and Get Better Records and featured by NPR, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. The video for her song "Surveillance Capitalism" was launched as part of a campaign targeting Spotify over a creepy voice recognition patent. While Greer is perhaps best known for her work as an organizer, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine calls her a "heck of a guitar player," and her recordings have evolved from riot-folk roots to a more layered indie pop sound with an anarcho-punk soul. Fight for the Future, perhaps best known for helping organize the largest online protests in human history that defeated SOPA/PIPA, have led a number of high profile campaigns targeting the use of facial recognition and other AI surveillance in music venues, and Greer has written extensively about the failure of copyright maximalism to benefit independent and marginalized artists. As a speaker and musician, Greer has shared stages with folks like Pete Seeger, Talib Kweli, Against Me!, Eve 6, Chumbawamba, Ezra Furman, Immortal Technique, and Billy Bragg.