Danny O'Brien (born 1969) is a British

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and civil liberties activist. He was the international director of the

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Career

O'Brien wrote weekly columns for ''

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'' and ''

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''; and before that for ''

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'', and acted as a consultant in helping ''The Guardian'' formulate its online strategy. He worked for the UK edition of ''

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'', as well as for

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and the British

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Virgin.net. Together with Dave Green, he founded and wrote the now-defunct email newsletter ''

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'' and with whom he also co-wrote and co-presented the

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''. In May 2005, he succeeded Ren Bucholz as Activist Coordinator for the

, and then became EFF's International Outreach Coordinator. In April 2010, he moved to a new position as Internet Advocacy Coordinator for the

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. In February 2013, he became the Director of the International Department at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He was Director of Strategy at the EFF from July 2019 – June 2021. He become a Senior Fellow at the

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Foundation, and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web in July 2021. 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

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Family

O'Brien is married to Liz Henry. He was previously married to

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, with whom he has a daughter.

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External links

Oblomovka — O'Brien's weblog

O'Brien's homepage
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Career

Family

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