Bia Barbosa is a journalist and holds a specialization in Human Rights from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a master’s degree in Public Policy from FGV-SP. She coordinates the advocacy area of Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) office for Latin America, an international organization that has been working for more than 40 years to defend journalism and society’s right to plural, independent, and trustworthy information. Bia Barbosa is also an activist with the organization DiraCom – Right to Communication and Democracy and the Rights in the Network Coalition, having actively participated in the processes leading to the passage and approval of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet and the General Data Protection Law, as well as efforts to regulate Artificial Intelligence in the country. Since 2020, she has been one of the civil society representatives on the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br).