Yaёl Eisenstat has spent over two decades combating extremism, polarization and anti-democratic behavior both on- and offline. She is currently The Director for Policy and Impact at Cybersecurity for Democracy, working on policy solutions for how social media and online platforms affect political discourse, public safety, and democracy. Previously, she was Vice President at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), heading the Center for Technology and Society, where she led ADL’s efforts to hold tech companies accountable for the proliferation of hate and extremism on their platforms. Yaёl joined ADL in 2022 after a career in both public service and the tech industry, including as an intelligence officer, diplomat and special advisor to (former) Vice President Biden. She joined Facebook in 2018 as the head of global elections integrity for political ads, following several years as a vocal critic of the harms that social media has inflicted on democracy and societies worldwide. After leaving Facebook six months later, she spoke openly about the company’s inability to meet its responsibility to secure elections, and she has continued to push for changes in the tech industry ever since.