Simone Halink

Simone Halink works as a specialist on Internet freedom for the human rights department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her main areas of focus are the Freedom Online Coalition, digital rights, cybersecurity, Internet governance, and surveillance. Simone studied law at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Toronto, and New York University. Before joining the Ministry she worked as a lawyer at Bits of Freedom, a leading Dutch digital rights organization, and as a commercial litigator at the Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.

Twitter: @SimoneHalink