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Danny O'Brien | |
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 O'Brien at ETech in 2005 | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Occupations | International Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| Spouse | Liz Henry |
Danny O'Brien (born 1969) is a British technology journalist and civil liberties activist. He was the international director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
O'Brien wrote weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Irish Times ; and before that for The Guardian , and acted as a consultant in helping The Guardian formulate its online strategy. He worked for the UK edition of Wired , as well as for Channel 4 and the British Internet service provider Virgin.net. Together with Dave Green, he founded and wrote the now-defunct email newsletter Need to Know and with whom he also co-wrote and co-presented the television show 404 Not Found .
In May 2005, he succeeded Ren Bucholz as Activist Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and then became EFF's International Outreach Coordinator. In April 2010, he moved to a new position as Internet Advocacy Coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists. In February 2013, he became the Director of the International Department at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [1]
He was Director of Strategy at the EFF from July 2019 – June 2021.
He become a Senior Fellow at the Filecoin Foundation, and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web in July 2021. [2]
O'Brien also set up a pledge on PledgeBank to help coordinate the establishment of "an organisation that will campaign for digital rights in the UK", which led to the creation of the Open Rights Group. [3]
O'Brien is married to Liz Henry. He was previously married to Quinn Norton, [4] with whom he has a daughter.
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