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'''Niels ten Oever''' is Head of Digital at [[Article 19]].<ref name="icannwiki">ICANNWiki - ICANN 49 Intake Form, March 2014</ref> and is facilitating the [https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53772653 Cross Community Working Party on ICANN's Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights] 

Niels' first [[ICANN Meetings|ICANN meeting]] was [[ICANN 49]] in Singapore. He is involved in [[NCUC]] and the [[GNSO]] and has (co-)authored several responses for Article19 and the [[NCSG]] to improve ICANN's transparency and accountability.<ref name="icannwiki" />

Niels ten Oever has designed and implemented large freedom of expression projects in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and Northern Africa and Afghanistan. Niels started off working on radio when he got bitten by the Linux bug. After that he increasingly worked on websites, apps, internet governance, digital rights and digital security. Why? Because technology can support democratic processes by improving freedom of expression, access to information and organizing. Peer-to-peer is far more interesting than one-to-many. 

Niels is a free and open source software enthusiast who has trained journalists in reporting, digital security, and media production. He holds a cum laude research MA in philosophy and literary sciences from the University of Amsterdam.<ref>User Submitted</ref>

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