Lizzie O'Shea is a lawyer and writer. Her commentary is featured regularly on television programs and radio, where she is usually talking about law, technology, or human rights. In print, her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Guardian, and Sydney Morning Herald, among others.
Lizzie is a founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch, which advocates for human rights online. She also sit on the board of Blueprint for Free Speech and the Alliance for Gambling Reform. At the National Justice Project, Lizzie worked with lawyers, journalists and activists to establish a Copwatch program, for which she was a recipient of the Davis Projects for Peace Prize. In June 2019, Lizzie was named a Human Rights Hero by Access Now.
As a lawyer, Lizzie has spent many years working in public interest litigation, on cases brought on behalf of refugees and activists, among others. She was proud to represent the Fertility Control Clinic in their battle to stop harassment of their staff and patients, as well as the Traditional Aboriginal Owners of Muckaty Station, in their successful attempt to stop a nuclear waste dump being built on their land.
Her book, Future Histories (Verso, 2019), looks at radical social movements and theorists from history and applies them to debates we have about digital technology today. It was shortlisted for the Premier’s Literary Award.
Lizzie is speaking at the conference session How capitalism ruined the internet 3:30pm AWST (Boorloo/Perth time), Sunday 30 at the Boorloo Activist Centre in Boorloo/Perth.
For online attendees in Adelaide and Darwin the session will start at 5pm ACST, Sunday 30 June.
For online attendees in Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney the session will start at 5:30pm AEST, Sunday 30 June.
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