Ciara Lyden is the EMEA, LATAM and APAC Assoc Manager for Content Policy on the Global Policy Management Team at Facebook. In her role, Ciara drafts and manages the rules that govern the use of the site by the Facebook community. Ciara represents her team by engaging with our external partners in civil society and governance and by listening to the insight of our internal subject matter experts when drafting policy. She helps the team achieve its mission to make the world more open and connected by combining these vital viewpoints into a strategy for dealing with abusive content posted on the site. Ciara has a background in online TOS enforcement and worked for years on the Community Operations team. She developed an expertise in European issues such as safety during that time. She continues to focus on this subject matter in policy drafting, particularly in the area of dangerous organizations, violent speech and the role of counter speech online.