Claire Pershan

Policy Officer at EU DisinfoLab

October 2019 - Present • Brussels, Belgium

I lead policy at the EU DisinfoLab, a Brussels-based NGO specialised in open source investigations and monitoring dis/misinformation in the EU. I authored our consultation responses, position papers, and campaign letters related to the Digital Services Act and also lead our work in the area of cybersecurity (NIS 2 Directive and the Domain Name System). I coordinate our community of practice - a wide network of researchers, civil society organisations, technologists and engineers - and I am in constant dialogue with key tech policy stakeholders in the private sector, national governments and regulators, and the European Institutions (the Commission, the Parliament, the Council, and the European External Action Service). I designed the programme of our 2021 Annual Conference, an event attended by European Diplomats, Members of Parliament, platform representatives, leading academics, and the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova.