User:Michaela.shapiro

Michaela is the Programme Officer for Censorship at ARTICLE 19 where she works to ensure that people can exercise their rights to speak and know using Internet infrastructure that is purposefully designed and deployed to enable the free flow of information. In this role, Michaela works to improve the censorship resilience of telecommunication networks and the domain name system (DNS) through engaging in the development of anti-censorship standards and protocols at technical standards-setting forums (with a particular focus on ICANN), building and participating in civil society coalitions and information-sharing networks, and carrying out strategic communications and research outputs for the Censorship Programme.

Prior to joining A19, she served as the Advocacy & Engagement Officer at Global Partners Digital, leading civil society engagement efforts in global multilateral and multistakeholder forums and processes at the intersection of internet governance and human rights. She previously worked at the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and in the New York City Mayor’s office. She holds an MSc in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in History from Northwestern University.