Since 1990, EFF's lawyers, activists, analysts, and technologists have used everything in their toolkit to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. They've seen it all and in this special EFF 35th Anniversary livestream, we'll explore what's next for technology users.
Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, EFF Legislative Director Lee Tien, EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian C. York, and Professor / EFF Board Member Yoshi Kohno for a live Q&A. Learn what they have seen and what we should all be looking for in the coming years.
EFF Turns 35!
Thursday, July 10th
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific - Check Local Time
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About the Speakers
Cindy Cohn
Cindy is the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. From 2000-2015 she served as EFF’s Legal Director as well as its General Counsel. Ms. Cohn first became involved with EFF in 1993, when EFF asked her to serve as the outside lead attorney in Bernstein v. Dept. of Justice, the successful First Amendment challenge to the U.S. export restrictions on cryptography.
Lee Tien
Lee is the Legislative Director and the Adams Chair for Internet Rights at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before joining EFF, Lee was a sole practitioner specializing in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University. After working as a news reporter at the Tacoma News Tribune, he received his law degree from UC Berkeley Law School. He also did graduate work in the Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at UC-Berkeley.
Jillian C. York
Jillian is EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression and is based in Berlin, Germany. Her work examines state and corporate censorship and its impact on culture and human rights, with a focus on historically marginalized communities. At EFF, she leads coalitions, writes about state and corporate censorship, and contributes to various other areas of the organization's work. Jillian is the author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso, 2021) and has written for Motherboard, MIT Technology Review, and WIRED, among others. She is a visiting professor at the College of Europe Natolin in Warsaw. She is also a regular speaker at global events.
Yoshi Kohno
Yoshi Kohno is the incoming McDevitt Chair in Computer Science, Ethics, and Society and professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Digital Ethics at Georgetown University. Presently, he is a professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, where he is also the Associate Dean for Faculty Success in the College of Engineering. At the University of Washington, he has adjunct appointments in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the School of Information, and the School of Law. His research focuses on helping protect the security, privacy, and safety of users of current and future generation technologies. Kohno is a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Technology Review TR-35 Young Innovator Award, and the Golden Goose Award. Kohno has authored more than a dozen award papers, has presented his research to the U.S. House of Representatives, had his research profiled in the NOVA ScienceNOW “Can Science Stop Crime?” documentary and the NOVA “CyberWar Threat” documentary, and is a past chair of the USENIX Security Symposium. Kohno is the co-author of the book Cryptography Engineering, co-editor of the anthology Telling Stories, and author of the novella Our Reality. Kohno co-directs the University of Washington Computer Security & Privacy Research Lab and the Tech Policy Lab. Kohno was a founding member of the National Academies Forum on Cyber Resilience and is currently a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Board of Directors and the USENIX Security Steering Committee. Kohno received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego and his B.S. from the University of Colorado.
