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Electronic Frontier Foundation@mastodon.social · 2026-03-25 05:02

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 Nicole Ozer has been appointed as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation effective June 1!

Who is EFF's new ED? 🧵 (1/5)

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Electronic Frontier Foundation@mastodon.social · 2026-03-25 05:02

Ozer is a legal expert on privacy and surveillance, artificial intelligence, and digital speech. She is the inaugural ED of the Center for Constitutional Democracy at the University of California College of the Law. (2/5)

Nicole Ozer speaks at a podium outside City Hall, while several cameras capture her speech.

Electronic Frontier Foundation@mastodon.social · 2026-03-25 05:02

From 2004-2025, Ozer was founding director of the Technology and Civil Liberties Program at the ACLU of Northern California. Ozer will succeed Cindy Cohn, who has been with EFF for 25+ years and served as its ED since 2015. (3/5)

Cindy and Nicky smile at the camera together in City Lights Bookstore.

Electronic Frontier Foundation@mastodon.social · 2026-03-25 05:02

"I am honored to lead EFF forward in these critical times. EFF’s global work defending and advancing rights, justice, and democracy in the digital age is fundamental to the future of our country, the world, our livelihoods, and literally our lives,” Ozer said. (4/5)

Electronic Frontier Foundation@mastodon.social · 2026-03-25 05:03

Learn more about Nicole Ozer in the full press release: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/nicole-ozer-named-electronic-frontier-foundations-executive-director. (5/5)

Nicole Ozer Named as Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Executive Director

SAN FRANCISCO – Nicole Ozer has been appointed as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation effective June 1. Ozer is a legal expert on privacy and surveillance, artificial intelligence, and digital speech. She currently serves as the inaugural executive director of the Center for...