Yael Eisenstat

Yael Eisenstat is currently The Director for Policy and Impact at the Cybersafety Research Center based out of NYU, working on policy solutions for how social media and online platforms affect political discourse, public safety, and democracy. She has spent over two decades combating extremism, polarization and anti-democratic behavior both on- and offline. Previously, she was vice president at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Center for Technology and Society, where she led ADL’s efforts to hold tech companies accountable for the proliferation of hate and extremism on their platforms. She was Facebook’s Global Head of Elections Integrity for political ads in 2018. After leaving, she spoke openly about the company’s inability to meet its responsibility to secure elections and has been a key advocate pushing for changes in the tech industry ever since. She previously served as a diplomat, intelligence officer, and a White House national security advisor.