Maria Farrell

Maria Farrell is a writer and speaker based in London and is a former Open Rights Group Director. She has worked on tech policy for InterConnect Communications, The World Bank, ICANN, the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, the UK’s Confederation of British Industry and The Law Society of England and Wales. A graduate of University College Dublin, the Dublin Institute of Technology and the London School of Economics, Maria teaches politics and policy on Oxford University’s doctoral programme in cyber security. She has written for The Guardian, Slate, Medium, the Irish Times and Irish Independent. She blogs at www.crookedtimber.org. Twitter: @mariafarrell