Mensa AG 2019

Danny O'Brien
International Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation


Danny, a longtime activist for online free speech and privacy, is the international director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a leading digital civil liberties organization. In the United Kingdom, where Danny lives, he fought against repressive anti-encryption law and helped make Parliament more transparent with the FaxYourMP initiative. He also co-founded the Open Rights Group, Britain’s own digital civil liberties organization. Danny, who also worked for the Committee to Protect Journalists, began his career as a technology journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Irish Times, and The Guardian. Read his work at EFF’s Deeplinks Blog, or follow him on Twitter @mala.

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