Leanda Barrington-Leach is the Executive Director of the 5Rights Foundation, where she leads the work of the global team across research, youth engagement, advocacy, standardisation and compliance, fighting for the digital world to cater for children, by design and default. Leanda is a passionate life-long advocate for human rights, with more than two decades experience in international policy spanning diplomacy, strategic consultancy and charity sector work. She joined 5Rights from the European External Action Service where she was Adviser to the Secretary General focusing on Strategic Communications and the fight against Disinformation.