Antonella Napolitano is a researcher, writer and tech policy expert. Her work focuses on the impact of technology on society and human rights. She currently works with human rights organizations and public interest newsrooms. 

In 2025, she contributed to the report “From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention” with the International Detention Coalition. She is the author of “Artificial intelligence: the new frontier of the EU’s border externalization strategy” for human rights NGO EuromedRights, and the co-author of“Digital Identity in the Migration and Refugee Context - Italy case study” with Data&Society, a US-based independent nonprofit research organization.

Previously, Antonella was Senior Policy Officer and Network Coordinator at Privacy International, where she developed a workstream on migration and surveillance technology and led the engagement of the organization’s international network of partners. She is a Forum Member at the European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration (EPIM), Europe’s largest and longest-standing philanthropic collaborative working on issues of migration and inclusion.