Robert Guerra

Country:	Canada
LinkedIn:	[Robert Guerra Robert Guerra]
Twitter:	@netfreedom

Robert Guerra heads the Global Internet Freedom Initiative at Freedom House. The initiative aims to analyze the state of internet freedom, to expand the use of anti-censorship technologies, to build support networks for citizens fighting against online repression and to focus greater international attention on the growing threats to users’ rights.

Organizational Work

Robert is also one of the founding directors of Privaterra - an ongoing project of the Tides Canada Foundation that works with non-governmental organizations to assist them with issues of data privacy, secure communications, information security, Internet Governance and Internet Freedom. He is often invited to speak at events to share the challenges being faced by social justice organizations in regards to surveillance, censorship, and privacy.

Robert Guerra was actively involved in the UN World Summit on the Information Society - being an active member of civil society bureau, the internet governance caucus as well as being the NGO advisor to the official Canadian Government delegation.

He advises numerous non-profits, foundations and international organizations, including Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Taking IT Global, DiploFoundation's Internet Governance and Policy Capacity Building Programme, The Open Net Initiative, and ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee.

Current Roles

• Project Director, Internet Freedom at Freedom House
• Participant at ICANN
• Advisor at TakingITGlobal
• Expert Advisor, Internet Governance and Policy Capacity Building Program at DiploFoundation
• Managing Director & Founder at Privaterra
• Director at CPSR

Past Roles

• Delegate at United Nations, Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
• At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) at ICANN
• Program Committee at Computers, Freedom & Privacy (CFP) Conference

Interests

Censorship, privacy, ict4d, governance, internet governance, internet policy, professional networking, organizational development, strategic planning, security, encryption, Canadian politics

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.