Bruna Martins dos Santos, Policy and Advocacy Manager, Technology Threats and Opportunities

Bruna works in the Technology Threats and Opportunities team at WITNESS, helping shape advocacy efforts and craft policy inputs to reduce harm and ensure that video and technology work for human rights. 

Previously, she worked at Digital Action, helping steer the Year of Democracy Campaign, leading advocacy efforts to protect global elections during the 2024 mega-cycle, and engaging with policy spaces like the G20 and the EU Parliament with a global majority focus. Additionally, she has long term experience working as a civil society activist both in Brazil and globally on the intersection between technology and Human Rights, during which she has worked in many internet governance spaces such as the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the Internet Corporation for the Assignment of Names and Numbers (ICANN). 

Bruna has a BA in Law with a specific focus in Emerging Technologies, Internet Governance and Regulation. She is based in Berlin, Germany.