 As of 2020, Meinrath serves on the board of Defending Rights & Dissent.Meinrath was a leading voice against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).He highlighted the human rights concerns raised by legislation including the likely collective punishment resulting from empowering law enforcement to take down an entire domain due to something posted on a single blog, as well as the implications for Internet freedom policies.