Aliya Bhatia serves as senior policy analyst with CDT’s Free Expression Project where she conducts policy advocacy and research on issues related to automated content moderation, children’s safety, and multilingual AI.
She represents CDT on the Christchurch Call Advisory Network and as a member of the Trust & Safety Professionals Association. Prior to joining CDT, Aliya worked at Ranking Digital Rights and before that, the Association for a Better New York where she worked to increase access to the first digital decennial census in the United States. Aliya began her policy career at the Toronto Youth Cabinet where she advocated for youth participation in municipal policymaking.
Aliya’s work has been published in CNN, Wired, Teen Vogue, Ms Magazine, Tech Policy Press, The Toronto Star, and The Wire among other outlets. She earned her Master’s in Public Policy & Administration from Columbia University and her B.A. in International Relations and Art History from the University of Toronto. She lives in Washington D.C. and grew up in both India and Canada.
