About Jillian C. York

I am currently Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in San Francisco, where my work focuses on a range of related issues, including government Internet filtering, export controls, surveillance technology, and bloggers’ rights.

My writing on free expression and related topics has been published by The Guardian, Index on Censorship, Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg Views, Foreign Policy, Nieman Reports, the Cairo Review of Global Affairs, and Al Akhbar English, among others.  A selection of my published writing can be found here.  I also do quite a bit of public speaking; a list of recent and upcoming talks can be found here.

Prior to joining the EFF, I worked at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University on a number of projects, including the OpenNet Initiative and Herdict Web. In 2009, I co-founded Talk Morocco, which was a winner of Deutsche Welle’s Best of Blogs (BOBs) competition in 2010. I am also on the board of Global Voices Online, a full member of PEN Center USA, and an advisor for Socialistr.com.

Having spent a few years living in Morocco and traveling throughout the Middle East and North Africa, I am particularly interested in free expression issues in the region.  I’m also interested, in a personal level, in questions of identity, the future of journalism, online activism, and foreign policy.

If you would like to invite me to speak or be interviewed, you can e-mail me at jill@jilliancyork.com.

Disclaimer: This is a personal blog.  The opinions expressed here represent my own and not and not those of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Global Voices, or any other organization with which I am affiliated.  Additionally, I am human, and therefore, my views are subject to change.