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Basile Simon
Director, Law Program, Special ProjectsFellow, Stanford EE
Basile is a multi-disciplinary researcher bridging between engineering, law, and journalism in promoting accountability for causing harm to civilians. In addition to policy and advocacy, he has worked as a data-journalist at the BBC, Reuters, and the Times and Sunday Times.
He is the technical co-founder of Airwars, a human rights watchdog, and is now part of its board. He is also a resident at the European Center for Constitutional Rights, a law firm in Berlin, as part of the Forensis / Investigative Commons collective.
Basile heads the Lab’s law program and leads the Ukraine rapid response and the Lab’s special projects. He looked after formulating the initial product and engineering roadmaps, and the technical delivery thereof.
The Starling Lab for Data Integrity brings together individuals with experience in academic research, technological innovation, journalism, history, and law.