Katarzyna Szymielewicz is a lawyer, activist, publicist. Co-founder and President of the Panoptykon Foundation, the only NGO in Poland tackling the problems related to human rights and new technologies. Member of the Council for Digital Affairs advising Polish government. Vice-president of European Digital Rights in 2012-2020. Since 2019 the hostess of Panoptykon 4.0 podcast. She published, among others, in The Guardian, Polityka, Gazeta Wyborcza, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna and Pismo magazine.