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Director, Operations
Family Online Safety Institute

Samantha first became interested in the online community when she became an e-democracy researcher for Professor Stephen Coleman at the Hansard Society with the London School of Economics.Her first degree was Social Anthropology, at Durham University, followed by a Post-Graduate Diploma-in-Law. After practicing law briefly she became disillusioned and took the job with the Hansard Society.

Following three years there she went to a political consultancy based in Westminster and managed the main client of the firm, the trade body for ISPs in the UK.

Four years on, and she has moved to another political capital, Washington DC. Samantha looks forward to continuing in her role to develop the work of the Family Online Safety Institute, protecting children from potentially harmful content globally through the public education and industry events, while promoting Industry corporate social responsibility and self-regulation.

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