Belle Torek, Esq.

Technology Safety Specialist, National Network to End Domestic Violence

Belle Torek is an attorney, tech policy advocate, and researcher at the intersection of free expression, civil rights, and online safety. She is a Technology Safety Specialist with the Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), where she works to strengthen digital safety and privacy for victims and survivors of online abuse.

Most recently, Torek was Senior Fellow, AI & Tech Advocacy at the Human Rights Campaign, where she launched and led its tech policy program. Before that, she served as Associate Director of Tech Policy at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Center for Technology & Society, where she provided subject-matter expertise on issues of online speech, advised platforms on their hate and harassment policies, and managed ADL’s state-level legislative efforts to combat technology-facilitated abuse. She has also worked as a program officer to the Knight Foundation’s Media & Democracy program, enhancing Knight’s investment in research on technology-facilitated abuse and its impacts on democracy.

A proud alumna of and now Advisory Committee member to the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, Torek’s career advocating for victims and survivors of online abuse began in law school as a legal fellow working with CCRI to combat the nonconsensual distribution of intimate imagery and other forms of image-based sexual abuse. In the years since, she has contributed to articles, amicus briefs, agency comments, policy recommendations, educational resources, and working groups addressing free expression, online safety, and privacy.

In addition to her roles with NNEDV and CCRI, Torek holds affiliate roles at UNC Chapel Hill’s Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), All Tech Is Human, and the Coalition for Independent Tech Research, and she sits on the Cybersecurity and Privacy Law Committee of the Florida Bar.