When RightsCon 2026 was suddenly cancelled last week, we were in the final stages of preparing two sessions: Who Checks Big Tech?, a roundtable co-hosted with Psst.org on our collaboration to build novel tools for whistleblowers; and Rules of Engagement, a tech demo of Transparency Hub, a platform that archives privacy policies from over 300 […]
Author Archives: Zoe Robert
Zoe is a Principal Software Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab, where she builds public-interest technologies that advance platform transparency, preserve news media, and support accountability in digital systems. Her work explores how the collection, movement, and governance of data shape our digital rights.
Zoe is a software engineer, computer science educator, and creative technologist working at the intersection of technology, policy, and art. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University. She began her career at Facebook, where she worked on content moderation systems, news identification and ranking, journalist protections, and community help exchange initiatives. She later joined Column, a public-benefit startup modernizing the public notice process for local newspapers across the United States.
Zoe recently completed a master’s degree in Interactive Media Arts at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her artistic practice uses creative technology to make the social and civic impacts of modern digital systems more legible to the public. At the Applied Social Media Lab, she is excited to investigate some of the internet’s most complex challenges outside traditional profit incentives and in collaboration with the broader Berkman Klein Center community.