Joe McNamee has been working on topics related to internet regulation for over 20 years. Prior to his current role as policy adviser for a political group in the European Parliament, he worked as a consultant. From 2009 to 2018, he led European Digital Rights, the association of digital civil rights organisations in Europe for nine years, working on major topics such as adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Copyright Directive. Prior to this, Joe worked for a political consultancy specialised in telecommunications and internet policy, where he led three research projects funded by the European Commission. During this time, he also worked on the EU’s E-Commerce and ePrivacy Directives. Joe holds master’s degrees in European Politics and in International Law